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CHAPTER  I. 

xieip !  ■—  The  Voice  of  David  » —  Ti,«  d       i    . 

1^'       ■■  CHAPTs||fri. 
[How  in  the  World  did  It  get  the4?      a  •  k    " 

toT       ^     ^     ^he  Dogs  do  baric  I    Beggars  comi. 

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COlrtENTS. 

of  Polyphemus—  The  Cathedral.  —  The  mysterious 
Image.  — What  is  it?  — David  Relic-hunting. *- A. 
Cat^trophe.  —  Chased  by  a  Virago^-iT  The  Town 
roused.  —  Besieged.  —  A  desperate  Onset  —  Flight 
—  Last  of  the  Virago •       • 


39 


CHAPTER  IV.  : 

Salei^o  and  the  sulky  Driver.  —  Paestym  and  its  Tem- 
pleg._A  great  Sensation.  —  An  unpleasant  Predica- 
ment—Is the  Driver  a  Traitor?— Is  he  in  League 
with  Bandits  ?-r  Arguments  about  the  Situation,  and 
what  eitch  thought  about  it        .       .       •       .       .' 


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CHAPTER  V.    , 

They  discuss  the  Situation.  —  They  prepare  to  foot  it 
«  — A  toibpme  Walk,  and  a^ppy  Discovery.- The- 
Language  of  Signs  6nce  more.  —  The  Mountain  Cav- 
alcade.—Bob's  Ambition.  —  Its  results. -r  Bob  van-. 
•    ishes.  —  Consternation  of  the  Donkfey  Boy.  —  Con- 
.     stemation  of  the  Cavalcade.  *-  "  E  Perduto ! "  . 


65' 


CHAPTER  VL 

Flight  of  Bob.  —  Difference  beti«^en  a  tame  Donkey 
and  a  wild  Ass.  —  Carried  off  to  Oie  Mountains.— 
^^Th^  headlong  bourse.- The  Mountain  Pass.— Tj^e 


"^""~       "loi^Tiey's  End.— m-omened  Place.  —  CdnfoanfledDj 

a  new  Terror.— The  Brigands.  .,  .       .       -73, 


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CHAPTEl^VII. 


-The  hideou.  HouseMd.  -  Tl,.  hombfe  oW  hJ 

CHAPTER  VIII. 
'^pe^om^^t   Captlve^Xight   Slumbers.  -  Fearful 
^aKen.ng.-The  stealthy- step.  -  The  ovenn^te^ 

IngHo.or.-TheloneBoyconf^^tedbyhisZ«^  . 
~T^e  hungry  Eyes.-Is  i.«al,  o.a  NightmaTeTi* 
The  supreme  Momtfnt       .       .       ^         tuwcr— 


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theavalcadeinPursuitl-Hopesand  Fear8.-The. 

ones  about  the  lost  Boy.^  A  new  Tuni  to  AfeuTI 
ExpIanat.ons.^On  to  Sale^^o. - l„q„iri;3^^^. 

«ed.--FreshConsternationandDespoLncy.^ 

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CHAPTER  XI. 

The  Return.  ■—  The  tender  Adieus.  —  Back  to  Salerno. 
-—On  to  Castellamare.  —  A  pleasant  Scepe.-r-Ah 
unpleasant  Piscovery.  —  David  among  the  Missing. 
—  Woes  ^f  Uncle  Moses.  —  Deliberations  over  ih& 
Situation.  — Various  I'heories.  —  The  Vengeance  of 
the  Enemy.  — Back  to  Sorrento  in  Search  of  the  Igst 
One .       . 


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CHAPTER  Xn.  ^        - 

The  Waking  of  David.  —  A  glorious  Scene.  —  A^^i^p-   '1^ 
tation.  — David  embarks  upon  the  wide,  wide  Se^^^^ 
Youlh  at  the  Prow  and  Pleasure  at  the  Helm.4-~A 
daring  Navigator.  —  A  baffled  and  confounded  Navi- 
gator. —  Lost !     Lost !    Lost !  —  Despair  of  David.      j 
—  At  the  Mercy  of  Wind  and  Sea.  ^^  The  Isle  of  the 
Brigand^,  — The  Brigand  Chief.         .        .       .        .131 


CHAPTER  Xin. 

David  captured.  —  Tl^  big,  bluff,  burly,  brusque,  beard-  - 
ed,  broad-shouldered,  beetle-browed  Bully  of  a  Brig- 

;  and.  —  A   terrific    Inquisition.  —  David's    Plea   for 
Mercy.— The  hard-hearted  Captor  and  the  trembling* 
Captive."—  A  direful  Threat  —  David  carried  oflf  help-  ^ 
less  and  despairing.  —  The  Robber's  Hold. 


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C?iAPTERr  XIVH- 

Op  th?  Way  to  Sorrento  again.  — A  mournful  Ride.— 
A4e8pa>ring  Search — A  fearful  Discovery.  — The 


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CONTENTS.  *  7 

Old  Virago  again.^  In  a  Trap.  -  Sorrento  aroused.        ^  " 
--  Besieged.  -AU  lost  -  A  raging  Crowd.  -^  The 
howling  Hag.  -Hurried    Consul^tion. -  The  last 
forlorn  Hope. -Disguise,  Flight,  and  Concealment .  158  - 

^      \,  GHAPTER0.  ■  ^.  ^ 

In  the  Royier^s  Hold.  -.  The  Brigand's  Bride.  -  Sud- 
den, amadng,  overwhelming,  bewildering,  tremendous, 
.  astounding,  overpowering,  and  crashing  Discovery. 

-T The   Situation. -Everybody  confounded.-- The 
^  Crowd  at  Sorrento,  ^  The  Landlord's  Prayers.  -  The 
Virago  calls  for  Vengeance.        .       .       .       ,       .  168      " 

CHAPTER  XVI. 
More  Troubles  for  poor  David.  -  Onset  of  four  Women. 

-Seized  by  an  old  Crone  and  three  Peasant  Girls  - 

Fresh  Horror  of  David. -A  new  Uproar  in  the  Yard  " 

of  the  Inn. -Uncle  Moses  bent  double.    .  ,83     ' 


CHAPTER  XVII. 
Vesuvius. -Ponies  and  Sticks. -Sand  and  Lava.-*^ 
The  rocky  Steps. -The  rolling,  wrathfiil   Smoke- 
clouds—pie  Volcano  warns  them  off.- The  lost 
Boy.  .-A  fearful   Search. -A  desperate  Effort - 
The  sulphurous  Vapors.  -  o(rer  the  sliding  Sands.   .  19, 


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CHAPTER  XVIII. 
Pompeii,  the  City  of  the  Dead.-The  Monuments  of 
the  Past -Temples,  Towers,  and  Palaces. -Tomb. 


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and  Monuments.  — Theatres^ and  Amphitheatres.— 
Streets  and  Squares.,.^      .       .        .        .        .        .  ^03 


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CHAPTER  XIX.  V. 

Lofty  classical  Enthusiasnr  of  David,  and  painful  Lack 
of  Feeling  on  the  Part^of  Frank.  —  David,  red  hot 
with  the  FloW  of  tW  Past,  is  suddenly  confronted 
witlj  the  Present —  Tlie  Present  dashes  cold  Water 
upon  his  glowing  Enthusiasm. — The  Gates. — Minos, 
^cus,  and  Rhadamanthus.  -  The  Culprits.     .       .  214 

CHAPTER  XX.* 

The  Glories  of  Naples.  — The  Museum.  — The  Curios- 
ities.—How  they  unroU  the  charred  Manuscripts 
exhumed  from  Herculaneum  and  Pompeii.  — On  to 
Rome.  —  Capua.  —  The  Tomb  of  Cicero.  —  Terracina. 
—  The  Pontine  Marshes.  —  The  Appii  Forum.  .  226 


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CHAPTER  XXI. 

The  Pontine  Marshes. -A  Change  comes  over  the 
Party.  -  The  foul  Exhalations.  -  The  Sleep  of  Death. 
~  Dreadful  Accident. — Despair  of  Frank. — A  Bi'eak- 
down.  -  Ingenuity  of  the  Driver.  -  Resumption  of  the 
Journey.      ..... 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

-The  March  ended.  —A  tenely  Inn.  — lEvfriilicesT-^ 
Beetling  Brows.  -  Sinister  Glances.  -  Suspicions  of 
*^«Pa^— They  put  their  Head*  together.  —  Con- 


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ferences  of  the  Party. -A  threatening  Prosptct- 

Bamcades.  ~  In  Time  of  Peace  prepare  for  War.  ~ 

The  Garrison  arm  themselves 

.  241 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 
The  sleepless  Watch.  -  The  mysterious  Steps.  -Tiie 
low  Whispers. -They  co^e!  They  come ! -The 
Garrison  roused.  -  To  Arms !  To  Arms !  -  The  be- 
leaguered  Party.- At  Bay.-The  decisive  Moment 
-The  Scaling  Ladders. -. Onset  of  the  Brigands  - 
End  of  Troubles.        .  «»        '       ^ 

•        •       •       r       •       .  254 

CHAPTER  XXIV.  •'. 

A  beautiful   Country. -Magnificent   Scenery. -The       '' 

Approach  to  Albano.  -  Enthusiasm  of  the  Boys  -      i 

Archaeology  versus  Appetite.  -  The  Separation  of  the      ^ 

•Boys.  -  The  Story  of  the  Alban  Lake  and  |he  ancient 

subterranean  ChanneL        .  .  ^„ 

io& 


■i^:. 


•4' 


;'* 


CHAPTER  XXV. 
Thp  lonely  Path—The  sequestered  Vale.^The  old 
House.  -  Ai^eudal  Castle.  -  A  baronial  Windmill.  - 
A  mysterious  Sound. -A  terrible  Discoverj-.-At 

Bay.-The  ^Id  Beast's  Lairl-What  is  it?-A 
great  Bore. .   \    . 


■"I 

16 


CHAPTER  XXVJ. 


"^1  r  "W  »•»«»- F™;k  »d  Bob  .n*.™. 


N 


vi 


m. 


IQ 


CONTENTS. 


at  the  Convent  — The  Guide.  — The  old  House.— 
The  Captives.  -  The  Alarm  giveil.  -  Flight  of  Uncle 
Moses  and  his  Party. -Albans!  to  the  Rescue!- 
The  delivering  Host  I 

CHAPTER  XXVn. 


294 


Arma  Virumque  cano !  — The  Chase  of  the  wild  Boar  I 
—  The  Prisoners  at  the  Window.  — The  Alban  Ar- 
my.—Wild  Uproar.— Three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
Pocket  Handkerchiefs.  -  Flame.  -  Smoking  out  the 
:     Motaster.  — A  Salamander. ,0- 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

The  Salamander  inaccessible  to  Fire.  — The  last  Ap- 

.,  peal.— Frank  takes  Action.-He  fires.  -  Casualty 

to  Frank  and  Bob.  —  Onset  of  the  Monster.  —  Flight 

—  Tremendous  Sensation.  —  The  Guide's  Story.— 

Another  Legend  of  Albano.  —  On  to  Rome.      .       .  319 


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I. 


AMO^G  THE  BRIGAKB 


CHAPTER  I. 


Stranger  tn  a  strange  Land.  -  A  Citadel  of  Trunks  -  Be- 
ste^d- Retreat  in  good  6rder.-A  Lst  ^„eniZ 
uproar. -Kicks;     Thumps !- Smash    of  ChairsTl 

HlV^T^'i'--""  ''"'''''  ^ov^^-The  Cry  for 
^It  r  ^r  '^  ""-^i^'-  The  Revelation  of  the 
Darkness  !- The  Jiery  Eyes  !- The  IBtseenllTh. 
Revelation  of  the  Mystery.  -A  general  Fight. 

•^     «^ 

^;K.  MOSES  V.  SPROLB  had  passed  the  ' 

greater  part  of  his  life  in   hi^  native 

.  village,  and   being  anxious  to  see  the 

world   resolved  upon   a  tour  in' Europe.    As  he 

did  not  care  to  go  alone,  he  offered  to  take  with 

him  his  four    nephews,  who   ^yere   great  favor. 

|?tes  with  their  l,achelor  uncle,  and  his  chief  as- 

ifom    he  boys,  and  a  willing  assent  from  Oieir 
[parents    who  fully  believed  that  a  tnn.  .,\, 
ue«cnpnon  wouldlje  of  immense  benefit  to-^the^ 
Ihis  brief  explanation  will  serve  to  dctount  foij. 
ie  appe.arance  of  Uncle  Moses  in  Naples,  where 

11 


-A, 


I 


-~-T'- 


m 


>    .  J*X 


12  XiMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 

Ije-  landed  on  a\  mellow  day  in  February,  jCn  row^e 
for  Switzerland,  bowed  down  with  the  respblasibiji- 
ty  of  several  heavy  trunks,  and  the  still  heavier 
responsibility  of  ibur  fine  lumps  of  boys,  of  whoso 
troubles,  trials,  ti^ibulations,  and  manifold  adven- 
tures, he  seemed,  on  the  present  ooqasion,  to  have 
a  mournfulpresentiment.      i  V 

These  troubles  .began  at  once;  for  scarcely  had 
they  landed  when  they  found  thepiselves  sur- 
rounded by  the  lazisaroni,  and  the  air  was  filled 
with  a  babel  of  exclainations;  »     "^ 

"Signoril"  "Signd!'^  "Moosooh'  "  Meestaire  1 " 
"  Sare  I "  "  Carra  ze  baggage ! "  "  Tek  ze  loggo/ge! " 
"  SJiow ze  hold  1. "  « Bold ddla Ew opal"  « Hold 
ddV  Inghelterra  1 "  "  )^otd  deW  America  1 "  "  Eo- 
tdlenza,  you  wania  good,  naisp,  rosbif,  you  comma 
]ongsida  me!"  ^*  Coine  long!"  "Hurrah!" 
^**  Bravo !"  "  O,  yais."  \  "  Ver  nais."  "  0,  yaia. 
You  know  we.    American  Meestaire!" 

All  this,  and  ever  so  npuch  more,  together  with 
scraps  of  French,  German,  Bohemian,  Hungarian, 
tussian,  and  several  other  languages  which  the 
kzzaroni  had  picked  up  foi"  the  purpose  of  miaking 
themselves  agreeable  to  foreigners.  They  sur- 
raunded  Uncle  Moy^r'and  ^is  four  i)oys  in  a  dense 
CrWd. —  grinning,  (^hatterihgi  gesticulating,  dan-^ 
cinisri  pushing,  jumping,  ai^d  grimacing,  as  only 
titan  laKzarom  <^  i  and  ihey  ttiech  io-get= 
hold  of  the  luggage  that  lay  \upon  the  wharf 

^gged,  hatless,  E^rtless,  blessed  with  but  one 


m4;-.aiw!«5teaP5S*fc 


f  \/l 


LAZZABONI. 


r 


13 


.1  ■     ■  "    * 

pair  of  trousers  per  man;  bearded,  dirty,  noisy c 
yet  fat  and  good-natured  withal ;  the  lazzaroni  pro- 
duced  a  starOing  effect  upon  the  newly  arrived 
travellers.  > 

-^  Uncle  Moses  soon  grew  utterly  bewildered  by 
the  noise  and  disorder.  One  idea,  however,  W 
prominent  in  his  mind,  and  that  was  his  luggage. 
He  had  heard  of  Italian  brigands.  At  the  sight  oi; 
this  crowd  all  that  he  had  heard  on  that  subiec? 
came  back  before  him.  "Rinaldo  Rinaldini,"  -^ 
'^r'°5,^u  ^'?^  ^»o«k,  which  had  been  th^'  delights 
of  his  childhood,  now  stood  out  clear  in  his  reeol- 

^^  A^'  ^?!  ^^.^^"^"^  '^"^^^  *«  ^«  a  crowd  of 
bandits,  fined  with  but  one  purpose,  and  that  was 
to  seizo^the  lupge.  The  efforts  of  the  lazE^roni 
to  get  the  trunks  roused  him  to  action.  Springing 
forward,  he  struck  their  hands  away  with  a  formidf 
ble  .cotton  umbrella,  and  drew  the  trunks  together 

top  of  thes.     The  i^ile  was  a  small  pyramid. 

Don  t  let  Jhese  varmints  get  the  trunks.    Sit  dowi. 
on 'em,  and  keep  ^em  off."  • 

Saying  this.  Uncle  Moses  put  the  two  Clark  bovs 
on  a  trunk  on  one  side,  atid  the  two  Wilmot  boy8  \ 
on  a  trunk  on  the  other;  and  mounting  himeelf 


.V 


IV"'^ 


i''^ 


14 


AMONG  Ti^B  BRIGANDS. 


i( 


*' Br-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-ra-vo ! " 

To  which  Uncle  Moses  and  the  boys  made  no 
reply.  In  fact,  it  would  have  been  a  little  difficult 
for  them  to  do  so,  as  not  one  of  them  understood  a 
word  of  any  language  spoken  among  men  except 
their  own.  So  they  said  nothing ;  but  constituting 
themselves  into  a  beleaguered  garrison,  they  in- 
tre^hed  themselves  within  their  citadel,  and  bade 
defiance  to  the  foe.  1 

The  foe,  on  the  otber  hand,  pressed  round  them, 
bombarding  the  garrison  •  with  broken  English, 
broken  French,  and  broken  German,  and  .>  some- 
times  made  an -assault  upon-^the  trunks. 

Time  passed  on,  and  the  garrison  sat^here,  holll- 
ing  their  own.  At  length  they  all  became  awart 
of  the  fact  that  they  were  excessively  hungry.  It 
was  very  evident  that  this  kind  of  thing  could  not 
last  much  longer. 

Meanwhile  Uncle  Moses  had  recovejed  his 
presence  of  mind.  He  was  naturally  cool  and  self* 
possessed,  and  after  mounting  the  trunks,  and 
gathering  the  boys  about  him,  he  quickly  rallied 
from  his  confusiOQ,  an^  looked  eagerly  around  to 
find  some  way  by  which  he  might  be  extricated 
from  his  (Jifficulty.  j 
\  At  last  a  way  appeared. 
\  Around  him,  in  iia  immediate  neighborhood, 


age, 


Iazzaroni,^s  urgent,  as  piti<Bfft7Md^T^'^B''"®^ 
aggressive  as  ever,  \jrith  their  offers  of  assistance. 
Beyond  theae  were  |)eople  passing  up  and  down 


im"-: 


DESCRIPTION  OF  THE  BOTB. 


ri-. 


15 


the  wharf,  all  of  whom  were  foreigners,  and  there-, 
fore  inaccessible.  Beyond  these  again  was  a^ 
wide  space,  and  in  the  distance  a  busy  street,  with 
carriages  driving  to  and  fro. 

Uncle  Moses  looked  for  a  long  time,  hoping  to 
see  something  like  a  cab.  In' vain.  They  all 
seemed  to  him  to  be  "  one-hoss  shays,"  aad  what 
was  worse,  all  seemed  to  be  filled. 

""Boy8,"8ai4  he  at.  last,  "I'm  goin'  to  make  a 
move.  You  jest  <§it  here,  and  hold  on  to  the  trunks. 
I'll  go  an  hunt  up  one  of  them  one-hoss  shays. 
There  ain't 'nothin'  else  that  I  can  do.  Hold  oii 
now,  hard  and  fast,  till  I  come  back." 

With  these  words  off  went  Uncle  Moses,  and  the* 
boys  remained  behind,  waiting.  " 

A  very  fin^-looking  set  of  boys  they  were  too. 

There  was  Frank  Wilmot,  about  fifteen  years  of 
age,  tall,  stout,  with  fine,  frank  face,  and  crisp, 
curly  hair.  ,     , 

There  was  Clive  Wilmot,  about  fourteen,  tall  and 
slight,  with  large  eyes  and  dark  hair. 

There  was  David  €lark,  about  Frank's  age, 
rather  pale,  with  serious  face^^and  quiet,  thoughtful 
manner.  ^^^   ■. 

>  And  there  was  Jlobert,  or,  as  he  was  always 
called.  Fob  Clark  — an  odd-looking  boy,  with  a 
^^j^^^faQftd,  pug  nose,  comical  face, -brown  eyea^ 
and  shorl  shingled  hair.  -  -  ---r--    "^    ''— 

Uncle  Moses  was  not  gone  long.  By  soi^oi 
ijronderful  means  or  other  Whad  succeeded  in 

■■•■■■■  .  •  .  .    ♦  \  /& 


><  \ 


W^ 


"^'  V' 


I » .i  v&v^a,s^ttij.-ifiK;.ii  :,:4^' 


Y^^H 


ie 


•> 


AlIOK^  THE  &RIQANO|S. 


procuring  a  vehicle  of  that  kind  w^ich  is  universal 
in  this  city,  and  he  now  reappesired  to  the  de- 
lighted boys,  Tjoming  at  a  tearing!  pace  towards 
them,  seated  in  a  Neapolitan  calec^e. 

The  Neapolitan  caleche  is  a  wonderful  machine, 
and  quite  unequalled  amorig  wheeled  vehicles. 
The  wheels  are  far  ba^k,  the  shafts  are  long,  and 
one  horse  draws  it.  But  in  the  caleche  it  is  aveijr 
common  thing  for  any  quantity  of  people  tp  pile 
themaplves.  There  is  a  seat  for  two,  which^is 
generally  occupie"^  by  the  most  worthy,  perhaps ; 
but  all  around  them  cluster  others,  —  behind  them, 
before  them,  and  on  each  side  of  them,—  clinging 
to  the  shafts,  standing  on  the  axle,  hanging  on  the 
sprmgs.  Indeed,  I  have  heard  of  baibies  being 
elun^  underneath,  in  baskets ;  biit  I  don't  believe 
that.        r  '        \ 

At  any  rate,  Uncle  Moses  and  his  party  all 
tumbled  in  triumphantly.  Two  trunks  were,  put 
in  front,  one  behind^^jji^  one  suspended  under- 
neath. David  Mid  Clive  sat  behind,  Frank  arid 
Uncle  Moses  on  the  se^t,  while  Bob  sat  on  the 
trunk  in  front,  with  the  driver.  The  lazzaroni 
looked  on  with  mournful  faces,  but  still  Jiroffered 
thjeir  services.  In  patient  pe^everance  few  peo- 
ple can  equal  tbehi.        i 

The  driver  saw  at  once  the  purpose  of  thit 
"Americaiis,  though  ifey r  could  fiHt^IThim  what" 
they  wanted.    So  he  drove  them  to  a  hotel  in 
the  Strada  Toledo,  where  he  left  *hem,  after  having 


i^^'^o^ 


'  i'ifi 


TBEMEND0U8  UPBOAB. 


17     >' 


■  -"V 


been  pa,d  by  0nc)e  Moaea  thelatgest  fere  he  had  : 
ever  reoe.ved  m  his  life,  for  Uncle  Mpses  gate 

tlTides  "''"'"■'''"'*  '«"  ^»'«'""'  »<"^ 

«xth  story     The  hotel  was  a  quadrangul*  ejjiflce 
w^h  a  spac,o„s  court.yard.   Around  this  courZrd 
ran  gallenes   opening  i„,o  each  story,  and  C 
mun,oatWw.th  one  another  by  stairways,  wh^oh 
were  used  by  all  the  occupants  of  the  fioLe 

Prom  the  gallery  in  the  sixth  story  a  door     " 

opened  mto  their  parlor.    On  the  left  side  o/C 

was  a  enug  bedrpom,  of  which  Uncle  Moses  took 

possession ;  on.  the  right  side  was  aiTotlier,  wU°^ 

H-PPropriated  by  David  andCliye;  whill    he 

bhird  wh.ch  was  on  the  other  side,  and  looked  Jut 

I  aims  the  four  boys  paired  off,  and  made  the-B.. 
selves  very  comfortable.  ^"^ 

I„!ef  "'>'" 'J'^-"'!  '^"-t  «°  bed  early.    tT„'c,e 

loses  retired  last.    All  slept  soatfdly,  for  thev 

fere  very  much  fatigued.  ' 

But  just  before  daybreak,  and  in  the  dim  n.'„™i 

py  a  most  tremendous  uproar  in  the  parlor-  kicks 
fe  '*•"«^"P^""'g.  Chairs  bLking,  a^d  a 

SSt^r  uLSef" -^ '-""^'^  r- 

This  was  certainly  en4gh  to  rouse  Miybodyl 


A/ 


S-arflv 


\    ' 


te^^Tiirfe^-  fv  J,^ 


-miZ.'^e- 


■y^i 


'"T'    '"'  ''mvm-' 


V"'™»RV3 


JTl^ti'*!*^-  T    k^   ^ 


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18 


a»6no  the  brigands. 


Up  jumped  Frank,  and  rushed  to%he 'door. 

Up  junoped  Bob,  and  sprang  aftet^iiiK 

The  noiae  outside  was  outrageoi|.  What  was 
it?  Could  it  be  robbers  ?  No.  Robbers  Vfould 
prefer  to  do  their  wort  in  silence.    What  was'il? 

Slowly  and  cautiously  Frank  opened  the  dooi^ 
and  looked  forth  into  the  parlor.  It  was  as  yet 
quite  dark,  a^nd  the  room  into  Which  he  peered  was 
wrapped  ia  the  shades  of  night.  What  little  he 
could  see  he  saw  but  indistinctly.  Tet  he  saw 
something.  ° 

He'saw  a.  dark,  shadowy  figure  in  rapid  motion 
backward  and  foripird,  and  at  every  movement 
some  article  of  ^jjirmture  would  go  with  a  crash  to 
the  floor.  Sometimes  the  figure  seemed  to  be  on 
the  table,  lat  other  times  it  was  leaping  in'  the  air. 
.Suddenly,  as  he  looked,  the  door^  which  opened  out 
into  the  parlor,  was  banged  ba<Jfk  with  a  violent 
blow,  and  shut  again.  Frank  was  nearly  knocked 
down. 

"What  is  it?"  asked  Bob; 

"I  doii'tknow,"  said  Frank,  «  nmk^m  toad- 


w 


man. 

"Whatshallwedo?*' 

"If  we  were  all  together,*'  said  Frank,  "we 
might  malceua  rush  at  him,  and  secure  him.    I've  a . 

rent  mind  to  lUake  a  start,  as  it  is." 

'C^jBmstJje  a  brigand  1 "  said  Bob ;  for  hiflmind. 
»e  minds  of  the  rest  of  the  party,  was^largely 

Jed  witttfeges  of  Italia^  bandits. 


"^^i 


:y 


/■ 


THE  CONSULTATION. 


-  -  «->■ 


■~>. 


•urse,"  said  Bob. 

eag&rly  into  the  room.  ,      ..      ■''^®^^°<**ed 

Suddenly  Frank  touchbd  Bob 

view'^lVr''"^/.  T^"'"  "'e'"  fat  met  their 
TOO  Balls  pf  light  that  seemed  like  eyes,  though 
there  was  no  form  visible  to  which  these  eS 

,  '  °°"''  ""'  tnt^very  stillness  cave  tlA 
ditional  horror  to  that  unseen  beinff  who!^  dr^ 
g-e  seemed  to  be  fastened  u^^n  Sem        *  """^ 

|ne'tro:mf?''"''V'*«-'»''-'»fromtho 

_  'rank  I    Bob  I "     __^___ ^^— *r> 

"HalIoI".criadbo«ibo78r^  ^ 

Ihavent  any  matches,"  said  Bob!  ^     ^ 

What  a  p,ty  f "  said  David.   "«  Can't  vn„  «  i, 

a7*k   Tt      '^"''  ^''''°*  ^«  »e^t  to  his."     • 
that  of  Uacle  Moses^and  b^an  to  pound  wit^ 

'     •-  • . 


*■     'i 


1--'  ^* 


•I- 


,*> 


,^^^' 


'  f 


! 


20 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


w 


afl  his  might  Uncle  Moses  did  not  respond,  but 
there  came  a  response  from  another  quarter.  It 
was  from  the  thing  in  the  parlor.  Once  more  the 
fearful  uproar  be^an.  Crash!  went  the  chairs. 
Bang  1  went  the  tables.  A  rapid  racket  6f  hard 
footfafls  succeeded,  mingled  with  the  smash  of  the 
wniture. 

J  ^prank  closed  the  door.  ,,.t. 

« If  I  only  had  a  light,"  said  he,  «  I  should  know 
what  to  do.  But  what  can  a  fellow  do  in  the 
dark  ?  " 

"I  Under  what's  the  matter  with  Uncle 
Moses." 

"  He  ?    0,  he  would  sleep  through  anything  »  ^ 
.      « I  wonder  if  it  w  a  brigand,  after  all,"  said  Bob 
^  «I  don't   know.    I  still   think    it   may  be  ,a 
madman."  / 

."  I  doiv't  like  those  glaring  eyes." 
;    "If  I  only  had  a  fair  chance,  and  could  see," 
said  Frank,  fiercely,  "  I'd  fioon  find  out  what  is 
pebmd  those  glaring  eyes." 

Louder  grew  the  din  while  they  were  speaking 
—  the  rattle,  the  bang,  the  smash,  the  general  con- 
fusion  of  deafening  sounds.  */       . 

"I  should  like  to  know,"  said  Frank,  coolly. 
« hcjw  much  longer  this  sort  of  thing  is  going 

wO    1o8l« 

For 


jome  tmifl  longx^r^  tb»  bey^  kept  the- 


Shut,  and  the  noise  at  length  ceased  as  suddenly 
as  It  had  begun.    It  h&d  noW  grown  much  lighter, 


fc%»SX.       -^ 


-'  K 


•■  Wit's  »ij>i»J.'.k-i<»A..5s4 . 


w 


TBE  EEVBLATIOH.  2I 

for  in  these  southern  conntries  twilight,  whether 
m  the  morn«g  or  the  evening,  is  but  o^f  shorrd„.l 
t^on^andhgh   advances  or  retires  with  a  rapidity 

vI^tlT""""  "^  ''■S^S■'^«  fre^h  courage  to 
Frank,  who,  even  m  the  Sark,  and  in  the  faL  of 

the  mystery,  had  behaved  very  well ;  and  he  beg^ 

to  arrange  a  p  an  of  action.    His  arrangemeC 

Z  hT  Tt'*^^-    ^««™P'y  drewajackknife 
trom  his  pocket,  and  opened  it 

"  Now,  Bob,"  said  he,  «  yon  tbllow  me." 

All  right,';  said  Bob,  cheerily 
Frank  quietly  opened  the  door,  and  looked  forth 

instant.  There  was  now  sufficient  light  for  them 
to^see  eveiy  „b  ect  in  the  room.  A  scene  of  ^M 
disorder  revealed  itself.  All  the  furniture  w« 
taraed  topsy-turvy.  The  door  leading  t!  Te 
gallery  was  open,  and  ther^  before  thlir  eye, 
standing  on  the  sofa,  was  th{  being  that  2 
created  enoh  excitement.  *  ^ 

One  look  was  enough.        '  •         \     ■ 

One  cry  escaped  both  the  boys  •  — 
thly^  "%  goat  1    A  miserable  billy  goat  I  •'  cried     . 

4|d.  the  ne^t  moment  both  ofifaeui  m^g  fo^ 
ward,  and  seized  the  animal  by  the  h^nT^ 

He  w»    T°  *  ''""K*'*-    The  goat  was  strong 
He  was  also  «oited  by  the  singularity  of  hS 


^ 


~ia^- 


■■'"^Sfe'J 


...         ~.j»5.^,,wp^><jJ^J_  , 


22i 


AMONG  THE  BBIOANDS. 


k 


41 


..ML. 


enrroundingaiand  the  suddenness  of  the  attack 
So  he  showed  fight,  and  resisted  desperately. 
Frank  and  Bob,  however,  clung  most  tenaciously 
to  the  horns  which  they  had  seized.  Backward 
and  forward  the  combatants  pushed  and  dragged 
one  another,  with  a  new  uproar  as  loud  as  the 
previous  one. 

In  the  midst  of  this  they  were  interrupted  bx! 
the  appearance  of  Uncle  Moses.  * 

The  door  of  his  room  op^ed,  and  that  venerable 
personage  made  his  appearance  in  a  long  night- 
gown,  which  reached  to  his  heels,  and  wearing  a 
long,  starched  nightcap,  which  nearly  touched  the 
ceiling.  ; 

"  Wal,  I  never !  • '  was  his  ejaculation.  "  What's 
this,  boys?  Why,  whatever  air  you  doin'  with 
that  thar  goat?" 

The  boys  returned  no  answer,  for  they  were 
Btmggling  with  their  enemy.  By  this  time  David 
and  Clive  made  their  appearance,  and  each  seized 
one  of  the  goat's  hind  legs.  This  additional  help 
decided  the  contest.  The  animal  was  thrown 
down  and  held  there,  still  kicking  and  strugglinff 
violently.  * 

Scarcely  had  th^y  taken  breath  when  there  was 
another  interruption.  This  time  it' was  at  the  out- 
Mde  door.  A  burly  Italian  made  liJB  appearance^ 
-there  ^fery  ^rowh,  very  l)earded,ver/Srty,  and 
veiy  unsavory.  For  some  time  he  stood  without 
saying  one  word,  staring  into  the  room,  and  fixing 


«<!*■ 


*t^ 


A  GENEBAL  nOBT. 


23 


his  eyes  now  on  the  goat  as  i%  was  held  down  by 
the  boys,  again  on  the  broken  furniture,  and  finally 
on  the  long,  and  somewhat  ghostl^^  figure  of  Uncle 
Moses.  \ 

"  Santtsaima  Madre ! " 

This  was  the  exclamation  that  at  last  burst  from 
the  big,  burly,  brown,  bearded,  dirtyj^and  unstfvory 
Italian.  At  this  the  boys  looked  up,  unconsciously 
loosening  their  grasp  as  they  did  so.  The  goat, 
feeling  the  grasp  relax,  made  a  mighty  effort,  and 
rolled  over.  Then  he  leaped  to  his  feet  Then  he 
made  a  wild  bound  to  the  door,  over  the  prostrate 
forms  of  David  and  Clive.  The  big,  burly,  brown, 
bearded,  dirty,  and  unsavory  Italian  made  an  effort 
to  evade  the  animal's  charge.  He  was  not  quick 
enough.  Down  he  went,  struck  full  in  the  breast, 
and  away  went  the  goat  into  the  gallery,  and  down 
the  stairs,  and  so  ib|o  the  outer  world. 


,w' 


•4 


■#i' 


J* 

I 


s^ 


y^  *     _^'<-     J  yr*^         f^^^^pYM 


24 


AMONG  THE  BBIGANDS, 


T 

« 


\ 


^1 


CHAPTEB  11. 


•X 


A 


"<^ '••  tlu  World  diS  U  nt  th^t 
Town  ■  2ZL  /        *'       *"■*'    ^'^"^  «w  to 

The  Italian  slowly  picked  himself  i,p,  and 

BtendL  theriT^l^-        °'"'"P*''t»  of  the  room 
h  <«BC-5  the  q*:;L?t '°*'^r''  *'™«'^ 

it  ^^^rJ-M'.^t"  I?^t'y'l"«»tion;tm  at  length 
.7^  "T7e"ed  by  Uncle  Moses.  ^ 

the  d^;  opt"''" ""'  '*' " "'  ^  ""'^'^ «» -  J-- '; 

« You  I » Cried  all.  ""        .       - 

^;^wft  that  dooi^-^^r^r^ 

went  off  to  bed,  and  forgot  all  about  it."   ^     ■ 


\ 


v-^\ 


■  ti.  «S/  * 


BOW  IN  THE  WORLD  DID  IT  GET  THERE?'       25 

That  was  clear  eiftugh  as  far  as  it  went,  but  still 
it  did  not  account  for  the  presence  of  a  goat  in 
the  sixt^i  story  of  a  hotel.    This  thej  found  out 
afterwards.     That  very  day  they  saw  flocks  of 
goats  being  driven  about  from  house  to*  house. 
At  other  times  they  saw  goats  in  their  own  hotel.* 
They  were   hoisted  up  to  the  various --stories, 
milked,  and  left  to  find  their  way  down  themselves. 
The  fashion  of  using  goat^s  milk  was  universal* 
and  this  was  the  simple  way  in  which  families 
were  supplied.    As  to  their  visitor,  the  billy  goat> 
he  was  undqubtedly  the  patriarch  of  some  flocfc, 
who  had  wandered  up  stairs  himself,  perhaps  in  « 
fit  of  idle  curiosity. 

"If  it  hadn't  been  dark,"  said  Frank,    «If  it  ' 
hadn't  been  so  abominably  dark  I " 

"We  were  like  Ajax,"  said  David,  -  who  was  a 
bit  of  a  pedant,  and  dealt  largely  in  classical  allu- 
sions, —  «  we  were  like  Ajax,  you  know :  -*- 

•  Give  us  but  light,  and  let  us  see  our  foes, 
.      ^  We'U  bravely  fall,  though  Jove  himself  oppose.' »     \ 

«0,  that's  aU  very  well,"  said  Uncle  Moses; 
but  who's  goin  to  pay  for  aU  that  thar  fumito^r? 
The  goat  can't."  , 

"Uncle  Moses,"  said  Bob,  gravely, « therp!*' a 
great  deal  in  what  you  say.'V    ■ 


IHili^  Moses  turned  away  with  a  lookdfion- 

cero  in  his  mild  face,  and  retreated  into  his  room.  *'■ 

(It  may  as  well  pe  stated  here,  that  Uncle  Moses 


,lifL.  ,.  ^'Iwi,  7 


i 


26 


0-' 


.A»b»GTHE  BBIOAKDS. 

had  to  pay  for  thatyurnitnre   "  Th.  i  \„     .  ' 
np  ah   interpreter  \  «„^    *?'       ,  *  'an^Iord  called 

"fufliciant  to  ftrnish^^rie  suTT;^'"'"'^'" 
>n  anpther  part  of  the  honae  )  ^P»'toei>ts 

theifi  in  any  wav     si!,  flT    \?^  ®  "'"'"e  to  gratify 

«  guide,  Z>7Mioha  ^i^r ''r"''«'''«'™^' 
English)  and    thU.       ?"''''  ''''°  '^""  »P««k 
for  Bate,      '  *        """PP"'^*  t*«y  «et  out  first 

Pa«t  the  fewer,,  0^0^'^^'^™''''    ^"^<"'': 

sffipo:  Th,..gh  :k*  re?dr";te^"° "'  *•- 

whment  at  its  vast  .limll  •       '  ^^°8  """ton- 

crowdaof  people  who  rrn"™'-  '^1'^"'  "*  *'" 
foot,  on  hLebLrLT™'^.°"'?"'"''Shit,oa 

party.    Cnole  Moses  X/^'-v  "P"" W  «*"«    " 

^uponthg^s-gfo;;^  »-^'-  *^' 


•i 


atth«  spZtile    p;;S'r  "««"«  «M^ 

f  ''^^'"edtospeakafewyord. 


cea 


Mi" 


>r 


_       BKGGABS. 

of  Ifelian  to  them,  which  he  had  caught  from  Mi- 
chael  Angelo.  David  muttered  something  aboul, 
the  ancient  Romans,  while  Bob  kept  humming  to 
himself  these  elegant  verses :  — 

"Hark!  hark!    The  dogs  do  bark ! 
Beggars  come  to  town, 
Some  in  rags,  some  in  tags,  , — ^ 

Some  in  a  tattered  gown !  ^ 

The  beggars  followed  them  as  far  as  they  could, 
and  when  they  left  thqm,  reenforcements  always 
arrived.  #  - 

Thus  they  were  beset  by  them  at  the  crater  of 
the  extinct  volcano  of  Splfatura. 

They  encountered  them  at  the  gateway  of 
Cumad,  y 

^t  the  Grotto  of  the  Cumwan  Sibyl, 

At  Nero's  Baths, 

At  the  Lucrine  Lake, 

AtBaire,     '^ 

•  At  Misenum, 

In  feet  every\^|iere. 
^  Still;  they  enjoyed  themselves  very  weU,  aid 
kept  up  their  pursuit  of  sights  until  lateinte 
day.  They  were  then  at  Baiae;  and  here  the  party 
stopped  at  a  littl^  inn,  where  they  pro^sed  to 
ome.^  ^ere  the  beggars  beset  them  in  frbh 
crOwmlSl  Uncle  Moaes  was^  compel 


'■r:i 


-m 


his  puree,  and  tear  himself  away  from  lis  clamor- 
ous  visitants.  Prank  and  Bob  went  off  to  see  if 
they  pould  find  some  donkeys,  ponies,  or  horses,  so 


\ 


\ 


B^f^Ti'^'S^i'w 


7 


: 


f^:': 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 

as  to  fiave  a  ride  after  dinner;  while  David  and 
tlive  strolled  off  towards  the  country.  \ 

«  «  Come,  dive,"  said  David,  « let  Frank  and  %h 
enjoy  their  jackasses.  For  my  part.  I  want  to  gl 
to  some  place  where  I  can  sit  down,  and  «ee  th?a 
glorious  land.  It's  the  most  classic  spot  in  all  the^ 
world." 

"  It's  the  most  beautiful  knd  poetic,"  said  Clive 
who  was  given  to  sentiment.  ' 

^  WalWng  on,  they  came  to  a  place  which  pro- 
jected  ifato  the  sea,  and  here  they  sat  down. 
«0,  what  a  glorious  sight  I"  exclaimed  CUve. 
Look  at  this  wonderful  Bay  of  Naples  I  How  in- 
tensely  blue  the  water  is !  How  intensely  blue 
the  sky  IS  1  And  look  at  Vesuvius  opposite.  What 
an  immense  amount  of  smoke  is  coming  from  the 
tjraterl"  >     °        . 

^«  Yes,"  said  David,  clearing  his  throat,  « this  is 
the  place  that  the  elder  Pliny  sailed  from  at  the 
time  of  the  destruction  of  Herculaneum  and  Pom- 
pen.    And  look  all  around.    I'hat  little  town  was 
onoe  the  luxurious  Baiae.    Oyer  yonder  is  I^ke  Lu- 
crme,  which  Virgil  sings  about.    On  that  side  is 
Misenum,  where  the  Roman  navy  lay.    There  is 
^Cahgula's  Bridge.    What  a  glorious  place  I  Every, 
thing  that  we  have  ever  read  of  in  classic  story 
^^^^rs  about  n^Jerg^Q  Hor^- 

Virgil,  Tiberius,  and  Juvenal,  seem  to  live  here  yet 
Nero  and  Agrippina,.  Caligula  and  Claudius,^ 
evety  oW  Eoman,  good  or  had.    And  look,  CHve 


'  BEGGABS. 

that  is  land  out  there.    As  I  live,  that  is  Capraea! 
And  see,  —  0,  see,  Clfve,  -^  that  musi^be  the  —  '^ 
' "  Daiemi  un  carliho,  signori,  per  V  aitu)r  di  Dio, 
Bono  jpovero  —  moUo  povero  1"  . 

It  was  in  the  middle  of  David's  rather  incohe- 
rent rhapsody  that  these  words  burst  upon  his  ears. 
He  and  Clive  started  to  their  feet,  and  foutid  close, 
behind  them  a  half  dozen  of  those  miserable  beg* 
gars.  Two  of  them  were  old  men,  whose  bleary- 
eyes  and  stooping  irames  indicated  extreme  age. 
One  was  a  woman  on  crutches.  Number  Four  was 
a  thin,  consumptive-looking  man.  Number  Five 
and  Number  Six  were  strong-limbed  fellows,  .with 
very  villanous  faces.  It  \^«,s  with  one  universal 
whine  that  these  unwelcome  visitors  addressed 
the  boys. 
"  Datemi  un  carlinO)  signori,  per  V  amor  di  DioJ* 
^^David  shook  his  hi^d. 

hno  miserahUe,^*  8m4^jNumber  Five.- 
don't  understand,"  said  David.  -y 

>i  (Mian(t  fame"  said  Number  Six.  % 

''  f*Nan  capiaco,"  said  Clive,  who  had  learned  that 
much  Imlian  from  Michael  Angelo. 
^*0,  signori  nobilisaime ! " 
«I  tell  ydu,l  don't  understand,"  cried  David. 
*f  Non  capisco,"  repeated  Clive. 
*f  Siamo  desperaU,"  aa\A  ytimber  Six^  with  a  sjfl-' 


^# 


ister  gleam  in  his  ey6s,  which  neitHer  dflhe  boys 

liked.         "     '  \   •         /         ' 
MCome,Clil^,»^8aidl)avia,  "le1?s  gd^^b^    Din* 

jMr  must  be  ready  b^  ihis  time."  ^ 


H 


"■y-^  "yjptv 


AMONG  THE  BSIOANDa 


t*  And  they  turned  to  BQ.  -, 

Swt  ""'^fy  *""«d,  lumber  Five  tod  Number 
S«  placed  themselves  in  the  way.  .  ■  "  r 

."     J»:^  their  arms  a^a^t:oT,dJ^'"^^'|^*» 
b4n  TsLout  fothe'r  TtTt  '^r^'  ""<> 

^  rs-^rr4S^«:t:r^ 

»..e.handjve-l-^^^^^^^^^^ 

nor  uive  could  now  uttpr  »  ,,,.*,     m.      ^'*^'? 

-^Whe.ney:ra:Zm.l^-f 

Ba^id':ii?„ridt'h:^s:?vert'^^^ 

rappals,  the  beggars    xyJ^lT  ^'^  '^^^^^ 


"*v. 


t.-^;r  fisM'  ■'*"#^A''' 


i'-'\i4^i 


BE0GAB8. 


(  r 


31    / 


'  "  Scelerate  I "  cried  Ntinftber  Six  ;  and  he  threw 
Pavid  to  the  grpund,  and  held  him  down,  while  ho 
caught  him  by  the  throat.  But  though  thus  Over- 
powered, David  Btill  struggled,  and  it  was  with< 
some  difficulty  that  the  big  brute  who  held  him, 
was  aMe  to  keep  him  under. 
Suddenly,  at  this  moment,  when  all  hope  ^eemed 

^  lost,  a  lodd  cry  was  ffeard.  There  was  a  rush  of 
two  figures  upon  the  scene  ;  and  the  next  instajit 
Number  Six  was  torn  away,  and  rolled  over  on  his 
back. "  A  firm  grasp  was  fixed  on  his  tliroat,  and  a' 
tremendous  bilow  descended  on  his  head  from  a 
stout  stick,  Which  was  wielded  by  the  youthful 
but  sinewy  arm  of  Frank  Wilmot.  At  the  same 
instant,  also,  Bob  Clark  had  bounded  at  Number 
Five,  leaped  on  his  back,  and  began  beating  him 
about  the  heajd.  ' 

The  attack  had  been  so  sudden,  and  so  utterly 
unexpected,  that  it  carried  all  before  it.  Away, 
with  a  wild  cry  of  terror,  fled  the  four  decrepit 
beggars,  leaving  Number  Five  and  Number  Six  on 
the  field  to  themselves  and  the  four  boys.  Number 
Six  groaned  with  pain,  and  struggled  furiously. 
He  wrenched  hin^self  from  beneath  his  assailants, 
but  they  again  ght  the  upper  hand,  and  held  <m 
firmly.  Bulj  Number  Six  was  too  strong  to  be 
easily  grappled  with,  and  it  went  hard  with  his 

-a88ttilairtftr:7T-.;.  ^    ■    - -■■  ■ '•■      -  ^- ^=^ 

Meanwhile  Clive,  relieved  by  Bob,  had  become 
an  assailant  also.  Snatching  up  a  stone,  he  dashed 


w^ 


^6M" 


'*i  0- ■^>*-'b'^  "-  ■     "rTTf^^SK?" 


32 


•  .1 

AHONO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


''  ftll  Jn  the  face  of  Number  Five     Tfc«         > 

gefed  back  and  fell   and  Lh         '^''f  T"  "teg- 

ailing  «nde,_f,|;    b^nIh  °T"'^  ^-^P^-^ 

■     instantly,  and  feforf  Lj  1  V^o  "T",  "^ 

-  with  him  again   darte,}  nff   °.'  ^'»^»  <=ould  close 

,      by  nature,  the  beggars  did  L,  .i     i'    ?»«'"<"^ 
■  of  their  assailants  -fK-    <•   •         """''  "'^  ">«  8'™ 

ton.en,.anTh:;VnlXXT^";^^^ 

fliglit    But  Number  ^•^,  "'^'"'^'^  "'  «  P'nio 

.    WUu,„t.s  sinew?!.!     7'  "''™  yet,  with  Frank 

•      Clive  nowTusIedT,  f ""'  ""■■"'  """^  »<">  '"'4 

.This  addition  ttIL^Ltk?r  r  """  '*™^«'' 

scale  completely    ^  "^  '^""  *"™«d  the 

nacity  iHighZni  coXranI  """■'"^  *^ 
ously  assisted  by  thf  :tl  erThVe  °  r'thlf  tT 
union  of  a  I  their  fnrr>^«  f         •.  '  ^  **^**  *he 

one  man  wir^a^^^^^^^^  «o«ethmg  to  wHich 

jn.«    /-  scarcely  equal.    In  aV«rv  shorf  *,'»;»« 

lltherefore,  after  the  arrival  of  Rn^    /^?.      ""^'     >' 

•'^f -s, a.- refer"- 


w  a-J"£-«^5^ 


.^^i-r.    '. 


1J«?*  w. ' 


BEOOABS.  ' 


M-   r 


held  hm,  dowia  by  ^Wing^n  his  leg,,  while  David 
»t  on  h„  neck.    Franfcjpow  asked  fo/their  hani 

then  directed  Bob  to  fasten  thrman's  feet.  This 
I  rhfr?  '^k'  ""li "'  *•*  "  -^  »«»"?  «»  though 
iL't^oWveJ;:""'''  ""  *"  that  particular  bufi. 

:     The  man^was  no«r  bound  hard  and  fast,  and  lay 

I  struggle.  The  weight  of  the  boys  was  so  disposed 
Ithat  ,t  was  not  possible  for  hip,  to  get«d  «f  th^m 
and  P.unk  watched  all  his  ml%^l£^Z 
so  v,g,lanay  that  every  effort  Waa  baffiUrth^ 
out'et  Frank  also  watched  Bob  as  he  tied  the 
knots  and  then,  seeing  that  the  work  was  weU 
done,  he  started  up.         '      ?  »»  "ou 

V   *^'"»/'>^V'  Mid  he,  "let's  give  the  rased  a 
[chance  to  breathe."  -  \  , 

At  this  the  boys  all  got  „p,  and  the  Kalian  re- 
Bieved  from  their  weighj,  rolled  over  on  h  s  bick 
knd  then,  on, hi,  side,  storing  all  around,  and  rtafc 
K  desperate  efforts  to  free  himself.    H^  was "t 
hhe  immortal  Gulliver  when  bound  by  the  MhW 

t;-  '"^^P'  *•""  -«  »f '■.•3  assailants,  St' 
jas  no  Lihpntian,  for  in  brawn,  and  stoewk^d 
Hd  muscle,  Pjank,  boy  though  he  might  bT' Was 
fee^.nnchifat,:;Vhis;nferit>r.-^lJ^ 
feled,  and^stared,  and  rolled  about,  the  boys  looked 
|on;  and  Frank  watched  him  carefully  ^aIt^ 
^pnng  athim^t  the  «r«  sign  rf  tjJI^rS^J 


7 


„j» 


i  V 


^ 

A 


♦  ^^  ;'"'  ' 


-rt 


%ff 


34 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


!*■■ 


way..    But  the  knots  ha^  been  too  carefully  tied, 
and  this  the  Italian  soon  f^und  out.    He  therefore  ' 
ceased  his  useless  efforts, \nd'  sat  up;  then,  draw- 
ing up  his  feet,  he  leaned  his  chin  on  his  knees, 
and  stared  sulkily  at  the  grou'nd. 

"  Ahd  now,"  said  David,  "  w\at  are  we  to  do?  " 

"I  don't  know,"  said  Frank.     ^ 

"Let's  go  for  Uncle  Moses,"  said  Bob,  "or  Mi- 
chael  Angelo." 

«  We'd  better  hunt  up  a  policeman,"  said  Clive. 
"No,"  said  Frank,  "let's  get  Uncle  Moses  here 
first.     You  go,  Bob ;  and  be  quick,  or  else  tho^e 
'  other  bbggars'll  be  back  here  and  release  him." 
1      Upon  this  Bob  set  out,  and  the  others  guarded 
the  prisbner.     Bob  was  not  gone  long,  however, 
but^soon  returned  in  company  with  Uncle  Moses! 
Bob  had  found  him  at  the  inn,  and  in  a  breathless 
way  had  told  him  all,  but  he  had  scarcely  under- 
stpod  it ;  and  as  he  now  came  upon  the  scene,  he 
boked  around  in  wonder,  and  seemed  utterly  be- 
wildet'ed.    Had   he  found  his  beloved  boys   cap- 
tured  by  .bandits,  he  would  have  been  shocked, 
but  not  very  much  surprised  ~  for  that  was  the 
one  terror  of   his  life ;  but   to   find  the    tables 
turned,  and  a  bandit  captured  by  his  boys,  was  a 
thing  which  was  so  completely  opposed  to  all  hie 
ordinary   thoughts,   that  he   stood  for  a  moment 
HfWrHy  trfnpefred^.  -Isfop  was  iT^un 
the  whole  story,  and  thus  given  him  a  second  and 
Davidiau  edition  of  it,  that  he  began  to  master  the 
situation. 


J^^  \  <-^KJti^t-L'  i>4^.\ 


\k  ^  -Slki*  «  4ii^JA^  *p  ■' 


.  .('1. 


we  to  do?-" 


THE  CAPTira  KOBBEK.         ^  35 

"Deaf  I  dear!  dear  I  "'he  cried,  looking  dowlv 
at  eachjof  tl>e  bo,^  i„  euccession,  and^tl^eH 
the,r  s-  ant  and  sulky  captive,  «  and  so  yon  rail^i 
and  truly  were  attacked  and  made  prisoners  by 
bandits.  ,  Dear!  dear  I  dearP'  ^ 

tim?i°n^!i'^  inexpressibly  shocked,  and  for  some 
t.me^  stc^  m  sUence  amid  the  loud  clatter  of  the 

"  ^"^j-  Y^"'"  Mo«e8>"  said  Frank,  at  last,  «  whi 
are  we  to  do  with  him?  "  ■ 

To  this  Uncle  Moses  made  no  reply.    It  was 
own  hfe  had  been  so  peaceful  and  nneventful,  that 

Tlll^T, ""'  ^-"^  ■"""™"y.  »  -n-ewhat  pe^ 
p  exmg  oae  to  answer.      He  stood,  therefore,  with 

his  left  elbow,  and  his  left  hand  anpportL  h"! 
robber  '  T"  •■"  ■"""*  ''^•'''  '«ea'ded  the  captive 
and  hTs  mfd  "  """'/."'  """■«'  P^'o™"'  S'»ce! 
«"e,derny. -"'•"''  '*"''  '"  ''<"«"»«  «>»'  -P" 
"Well   Uncle  Moses,  said  Fra„k  ^  ^^  ^ 

about  itl„  ^       1      r"""""'"*'- »''  b«  q-iok 
tt:^!°'^;^,7_'_->heo^';erbeggars-llbel^^ 


So.-       1     f  ''^'^  '^«°*»'^*^  pint  that  I'm  j^ 
.«»«  im  .b^j&min  to  think,  .that  the  Very  best 


^:7     /-    * 


36 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


thing  yon  can  do  is  to  take  your  handkerchees 
back,  and  come  back  with  me  to  the  inn,  and  get 
some  dinner.  For  Pye  every  reason  to- believe 
that  dinner's  ready  about  this  time,  bein  as  I  re- 
member  hearin  a  bell  a  ringin  jest  before  Bob 
'  came  for  me." 

At  this  the  boys  stared  in  amazement  at  Uncle 
Moses,  not  knowing  what  in  the  world  to  make  of 
this. 

"What  do  you  mean,"  said  Frank,  "about  our 
handkerchiefs,  when  we've  tied  up  the  bandit  with 
them  ?  " 

'  "  Why,"  said  Uncle  Moses,  « I  think  if  you  come 
you  may  as  well  bring  yer  handkerchees  with  you 
—  as  I  s'pose  you  prefer  havin  em." 

"  But  ute'd  have  to  untie  them,"  said  Bob. 
"  Wal,  yes,"  said  Uncle  Moses,  dryly;  «  that  fol- 
lers  as  a  nat'ral  consequence." 

"What I"  cried  Frank,  in  an  indignant  voice, 
"untie  him?  Let  him  go?  And  after  he  has  nearly 
killed  David  and  Clive  ?  " 

"Wal,  he  didn't  quite  kill  em,"  said  Uncle  Moses, 
turnmg  his  eyes  benignantly  upon  the  two  boys. 
They  seem  to  me  jest  now  to  be  oncommon  spry 
-  arter  it  all.  They  don't  look  very  nigh  death,  as 
fer  as  appearances  go.  No  harm's  done,  I  guess: 
an  eip,  I  dare  -say,  we'd  best  jest  let  em  go."  ' 
— At  this-Erank  looked  ioegafatydrsgustgd; 

"You  see,  boys,"  said  Uncle  Moses,  "here  we 
^»  B^  v®'7  peculiar  situation.    What  air  we? 


/  ■ 


.«.  v*.i>,i«A->iS 


^^S^^^&f 


p' 


M 


tnrCLE  MOSES*  ARGUMENT. 


37 


Strangei:^"ftnd  sojourners  in  a  strange  land:  don't 
know  a  word  of  the  outlandish  lingo  ;  surrounded 
by  beggars  and   Philistines.     Air  there  any  law 
courts  here  ?    Air  there  any  lawyers  ?    Air  there' 
any  judges  ?    I  pause  hr  a  reply.     There  ain't 
one.    No.    An  if  we  keep  this  man  tied  up,  what 
can  we  do  with  him  ?    We  can't  take  him  back-t^rith 
us  in  the  coach.    We  can't  keep  him  and  feed  him 
at  the  hotel  -like  a  pet  animule,    I  don't  know  whar^ 
the  lock-up  is,  an  hain't  seen  a  policeman  in  the 
whole  place.    Besides,  if  we  do  hand  this  bandit 
over  to  the  ^lice,  do  you  think  it's  goin  to  end 
there?    No,  sir.    Not  it.    If  this  man's  arrested, 
we  11  be  arrested  too.    We'll  have  to  be  witnesses 
agin  him.    An  that's  jvhat  I  don't  want  to  do  if  I 
can  help  it.    My  idee  an  aim  alius  is  to  keep  dear 
of  the  lawyers.    I'd  rather  be  imposed  on;  I'd 
rather  pay  out  money  unjusth.,  be  cheated,  hum- 

nnf    Vri^'  '°r^''"'  *^^^  P«*  myself  in  the 

power  of  lasers.   Depend  upon  it,  they're  as  ba^ 

here  as  they  air  home.     They'd  have  us  all  t 

jail^  as  witnesses.    Now,  I  don't  want  to  go  to  jail " 

The  words  of  Uncle  Moses  produced  a  strong 

impression  upon  the  boys.    Even  Frank  saw  that 

handing  the  man  over  to  the  authorities  would  in. 

vo  ve  some  trouble,  at  least,  on  their  part.    He 

j^^^hy  he  cajled^^ bother"    BonidoT,  he  had   - 

no  vengeful  feelings  against  the  Italian,  nor  had 

!l      f  f.^r*^  *°^  ^^^^^'  '^^y  ^«^«  the  only 
ones  who  had  been  really  wronged  by  the  fellow; 

but  they  were  the  last  in  the  world  to  harbor  re^ 


I 


't 


^ 


/■' 


38 


AMONG  THE  BBIGAND8. 


Bentment  or  think  of  revenge.    Their  vicVj  W 

■  fW  Tk  %*';'"'  '"'''^■^"'-  ^°  *^^«  ^'^d  k  it  was, 
that  they  did  according  to  Uncle  Moses'  Vuffffes- 
tion,  and  untied  the  bonds.  \ 

Number  Six  was  evidently  amazed.    He  r^se  to' 
t   his  feet,  looked  warily  at  the  party,  as  though  ex- 
pecting some  new  a;ttack,  then  looked  all  around 
and  then,  with  a  bound,  he  sprang  away,  and  run; 
nmg  towards  the   ro^d,  soon  disappeared.    The 
rest  did   not  delay  ^fouch   longer,   but   returned 
as  soon   as  possible,  to  the  inn,  whefe  they  found 
their  dinner  ready.    This  they  ate,  and  then  drove 
back  ^  Naples. 

The  opportune  arrival  of  Frank  and  fiob  was 
^soon^explained.    They  had  been  riding  on  donkeys,- 
and  had  seen  the  crowd  around  David  and  Clive 
and  the  struggle.     Fearing  some  danger  for  thair 
companions,  they  had  hastened  to  the  spot,  and 
reached  it  in  time  to  6e  of  service.    The  adven- 
ture  might  have  been  mpst  serious  to  David  and 
Clive ;  but  as  it  happened,  the  results  were  of  no 
very  grave  character..  They  felt  a  little  sore ;  that 
18  all.    Bob  also  had  a  Ijad  bruise  on  his  left  arm  - 
but  on  the  whole,  very  little  hamrhad  been  done 
n^r  did  the  bojs  regret  afterwards  that  they  liad 
let  the  scoundrel  go  free.  >-"^' 

As  for  their  guide,  Michael  Angelo,  he  had  been 


Jmy  m  another  direction,  thtfiflg^tfamarfvefiMrr 
and  wheti  he  heard  of  it,  he  was  very  anxious  tj 
have  them  arrested  ;  but  Uncle  Moses,  for  reaeon* 
already  stated,  declined  to  do  anything. 


♦      * 


IN  THE  COUNTET. 


39 


J 


'  .^ 


CHAPTER  III. 

Out  into  the  Country.  —  The  Drive.  —  The  glorious  Land. 

—  Sorrento  and  eternal  Summer.  —  The  Cave  of  Poly- 
phemus.-^ The  Cathedral.  — The  mysterious  Image.— 

What  is  itt— David  Relic-hunting.— A  Catastrophe, 

—  Chased  by  a  Virago.—  The  Town  roused  — Besieged. 
—A  desperate  Onset.  —  Flight.— Last  of  the  Virago. 

FEW  days  after  the  affair  related  in  the  lasl; 
chat)ter,  our  party  set  out  from  Naples  on 
an  excursion  round  the  environs.  With 
the  assistance  of  their  landlord  they  were  able  to 
g6t  a  carriage,  which  they  hired  for  the  excursion, 
the  driver  of  which  went  with  them,  and  was  to  pay 
all  their  expenses  for  a  certain  given  sum.  .  They 
expected  to  be  gone  several  days,.and  to  visit  many 
places  of  surpassing  interest ;  for  Naples  is  a  city 
whose  charms,  great  as  they  are,  do  not  surpass 
the  manifold  loveliness  with  which  it  is  environed, 
and  the  whole  party  would  have  been  sorry  indeed 
if  they  had  missed  any  one  of  thoaa  acftneg  of  pn- 
chanteaent  that  lay  so  invitingly  near  them. 
^-Jt^they  drov«  along  the.  shore  they  were  all  in 
Se  highest  spirits..  The  ak^  ^m  cloudless,  and  of 


f 


'V 


At 


'pn*A,^ 


I: 


40 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


^  %t  deep  blue   color  which .  is  common  to  this 
1  climate;  and  the  sun  shone  with  dazzlibg  bright, 
ness,  being  only  warm  enough  to  b^  .pleasant,  and 
^ .  not  m  aoy  way  oppressive.-    For  many  miles  the 
way  seeikied  nothing  else  than  a  street.    Houses 
arose  ori  each  ^ide;  crowds  of  people,  and^multi- 
.tudes  of  wagons,  and  droves  of  cattle,  constantly 
met  their  eyes.  ;  Caleches  dashed  about  in  all  direc-  ' 
tions.    The  street  itself  was  paved  with  the  large 
lava  blocks  which  prevail  throughout  the  city :  and 
in  fact  It  seemed  as  though  Naples  was  prolonging 
Itself  indefinitely.  ^/  ^ 

At  length  they  emerged  from  the  close-built 
city,  and  entered  *the  country.    AH  thp  way  th^ 
scenery  was  exquisite.     On   the  le'ft  extended 
green  fields,  and  orchards,  and-vineyards ;  spread- 
ing  away  for  miles,  they  rose  up  the  sides  of  high 
^^ountams.    Upon    these   were   small^las    and 
hainTets,  while  occasionally  a  castle  p^ched  upon 
BOine  inaccessible  height  threw  an  air  of  romantic 
attraction  about  the  scene.    They  passed  several 
villages,  and  at  length  reached  Castellamare.  a 
town  on  the  shore  of  the  bay.    Passing  beyond 
this,  they  found  a  change,  in  the  scenery.    The 
road  wound  along  clifi-s  which  overhung  the  sea 
and  was  ornamented  by  trees. .  The  road  itself 
was  a  magnificent  one,  as  smooth  as  a  floor,  and 

?uTa  .T  !  ^?  "^^'^^  ^°"'^'  of  Naples,  the  towers 
Wt  dotted  the  shore  on,  everyiside,  the  islands  *' 


A    *^.' 


'•W^ 


i»--!«^- iv^§^.,^4^y     * 


•tl, 


THE  OLOBIOUS  LAND. 


41 


f 


that  irose  from  otit  the  waters,  the  glorious  bay^  the 
g^ootoy  form  of  Tesuvius,  with  its  smoke  clouds 
^ver)|angiiig,  all  united  to  form  a  scene  whiqh 
called  forth  the  most  unbounded  admiration.* 
Besides  all  these  general  features  there  were 
others  of  a  more  special  characte^,  as  from  time  to 
time  they  came  to  some  reCess-in  the  shore;  and 
the  road  running  in  brought  them  to  some  little  • 
hamjet,  which,  nestling  here, -seemed  the^ode  of 

leace,  and   innocence,  and  happiness.    Through 
luch  variations  of  scenery  they  passed,  and  at 
[li^ngth  arrived  at  Sorrento.  : 

This  little  town  is  most  beautifully  situated  near 
;h^  mouth  of  the  Bay  of  Naples,  and  around  it 
n^  high,  encircling  hills  which  protect  it  from 
;he  ^old  blasts  j  of  winter  and  the  hot  winds  of 
lumiiier.  Sorrento  has  a  perfect  climate.  All  the 
leeasoAs  are  blended  togethier  here,  and  in  the' 
•range\  groves,  that  surround  the  town,  there  may/ 
le  seenVat  the  same  timp  the  strange  spectacle  of 
rees  in\blo8som  side  by*  side  with  trees  that  are 
loaded  with  fruit  fully  ripe.  '  /,     ' 

It  was  evening  when  they  arrived,  and  th^y  had 
lot  muc^  time  to  spare ;  so  they  at  once  procured 

guide  from  the  hotel,  and  set  forth  to  see  what 
hey  could  t)©fore  dark.  .  First,  the  guide  took 
ihemtQ^ft  Jeep  chasm,  wb^ 
ibrupt,  so  deet)  and  gloomy,  that  it  looked  like  the 
bork  of  a  rec^t  earthquake.    Ndt  for  from  this 

are  some  andient  reservoirs,  th^  Work  of  the 


u    '^"M- 


/•♦ 


I  \^ 


42 


AMONG  THE  BBIQANDS. 


^  r 


't  ft- 


'times  of  imperial  Rome.    The  arche*  were  yet 
perfect,  a^d  over  the  reservoir  was  a  garden  of 
orange  tre^s.    Not  far  distant  was  a  ruined  temple, 
in  the  enclosure  of  which  was  a  myrtle  plant,  five 
huridred  years  old,  and  so  large  that  it  formed  a 
respectable  tree. 
After  showing  them  these  things  and   several 
-  others,  the  guide  took  them  to  the  sea-shore,  to  a 
place  which  goes  by  the  name  of  the  Cave  of  Poly- 
phemus.    This  is  a  large  cavern  in  the  cliff,  in* 
front  of  which  is  a  huge  fragment  of  rock.    Here 
the  boys  recalled  the  story  of  Ulysses ;  and  David 
volunteered  to  give  it  in  full  to  TJncle  Moses.     So 
David  told  how  Ulysses  ventured  to  this  place 
with  his  companions ;  how  the  one-eyed  Cyclops 
caught   them;  how  he   imprisoned  them  in  the 
cabin,  shutting  up  its  mouth  by  means  of  a  huge 
rock,  which  David  thought  might  have  been  that  * 
very  fragment  that  now  lay  on  the  shore  before 
their  eyes ;  how  the  monster  began  to  devour . 
them ;  how  Ulysses  devised  a  plan  of  escape,  and 
succeeded  in  putting  out  the  eye  of  the  monster; 
how  he  then  effected  his  escape  from  the  cave,  and 
regaining  his  vessel,  put  forth  to  sea. 

Then  they  went  to  visit  the  house  ih  which 
Tasso  was  born.    They  were  not  able  to  enter  it, 
and  as  it  was  now  dark,  they  retreated. to  their 
iiotet.-"' — —  ^ 

;  On  the  following  morning  they  all  set  out  with- 
out the  guide,  to  see  the  town  for  themselves..  A 


1 


m 


THE  CATHEDRAL. 


43 


I  festival ,of  some  kind  was  goipg  on,  which  attracted 
Im^}^  people,  and  the  cathedral  was  filled.    The 
Ibojs,  having  nothing  else  to  d<>,  wandered  away 
Itbwards  the  common  centre  of  attraction.    Thej. 
poon  lost  one  another  in  the  crowd,  and  one  by  one 
they  worked   their  wayt  into  the   interior  of  the 
jplace.    The  organ  was  sounding  forth,  the  priests 
irere  intoning  service,  on  the  altar  ciindles  were 
JuriMng,  and  far  on  tigh,  through  the  lofty^aulted 
iay^,4here  rolled  "the  smoke  of  incensei  and  the 
(rail  of  sbng  1 'j 
David  found  himself  a  little  distance  away  from 
side  chapel,  which  was  evidently  the  chief  at- 
traction to  the   worshippers  within    the  sacred 
jdifice.    A  dense  crowd  assembled  about  it,  and 
in  front  of  it.    Through  these  David  managed  to 
lake  his  way,  full  of  curiosity  about  the  cause  of 
^heir  interest.     He  at  length  forced  himself  far 
enough  forward  to  see  inside  the  chapel.    He  saw 
structure,  in  the  centre  Of  the  chapel,  covered 
rith  drapery,  upon  which  was  a  .cushion.    Lyhig 
|)n  this  cushion  was  the  image  of  a  child,  clothed 
rich    attire,  and   spangled  with   jewels,  and 
lorned  with  gold  and  silver.    Whether  it  was 
aad©  of  wood  or  wax  he  could  riot  tell,  but  thought 
was  the  former.    The  sight  of  it  only  tempted 
ligLCJldQsJty  the  more^  and-  heJbngod  to  Jook  at -it 
)re  closely.    It  was  evidently  considered  by  the 
burroundirig   crowd    to    be    an  object*  of  great 
ictity,  tor  they  regarded  it  with  theutrnpflt 


*i 


"J 


M 

>,..*  ^ 


■  / 


i 


44 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


^reverence,  and  those  nearest  were  on  their  knees. 
Upon  the  altar,  at  the  end  of  this  chapel,.  lights 
were  burning,  and  a  priest  was  engaged  in  re- 
ligious ceremonies. 

David's  desire  to  go  closer  was  so  strong,  that  he 
waited  patiently  in  this  one  spot  for  the  opportuni- 
ty  of  gratifying  his  curiosity.  He  had  to  wait  for 
a  long  time ;  but  at  length  he  had  the  satisfaction 
of  seaing  a  movement  among  the  people,  which 
showed  that  they  were  on  the  point  of  dfepersing. 
After  this  the  crowd  lessened,  and  the  people 
began  to  take  their  departure.  At  length  but  a 
feW  remained,  some  of  whom  were  still  on  their 
knees  around  the  image. 

-  David  now,  in  ja.  slow  and  unassuming  manner, 
advanced  towards  the  image.    He  could  go  close 
to  it,  and  was  able  to  see  it  perfectly.     An  iron 
rail  surrounded   the   structure  on  which  it.  was 
:    laid,  preventing  too  close  an  approach ;  but  stand- 
ing here,  outside  of  the  rail,  David  saw  that  the 
image  wap  very  rudely  carved  out  of  wood,  and 
was  intended  to  represent  a  child.    Why  such  an 
image  should  be  the  object  of  bv^  interest  and 
devotion  he  could  not  for  the  life  of  him  imagine. 
He  could  only  postpone  any  investigation  into  this 
,  l^til  he  could  find  out  from  some  one. 

I  And  now  there  came  oyer  him  an  overwhelming 
4fisiret<>abtatn  a  fragment  fromTlSfeprTib^^ 
this  image,  or  its  dress,  or  its  surroundings,  to 
serve  as  a  relic.    His  relic-hunting  J^opensifciep 


DAVID  BELIC-HUNTINQ. 


46 


iad  never  been  stronger  than  they  we-re  at  this 
loraent,  and  no  sooneT  did  the  idea  suggest  itself 
than  he  looked  all  around  to  see  what  were  the 
bhauces. 

As  he  looked  ^around  he  saw  that  the  cathedral 

iras  nearly  empty :  a  priest  was  near  the  hi^li  altar, 

Iwo  boys  were  in  the  middle  of  the  nave,  by  th© 

bhief  entrance  was  a  little  group  just  preparing  to 

save.    Nearer  him,  and  close  by  thp  imag^,  were 

|wo  womep.    They  .were  on  their  knees,  and  ap- 

i)eared  to   be   absorbed    in  )their  devotions.     It 

leemed  ro  David  that  it  would  be  quite  easy  to 

bossess  himself  of  some  small  and  unimportant' por- 

lion  of  the  drapery.    He  was  quite  unobserve'd,  for 

lie  two  women  who  were  nearest  were  not  regard- 

ig  him,  the  drapery  was  within  easy  reach,  and  a 

tow  of  tassels,  upon  which  he  could  lay  his  hand, 

Iffered  an  irresistible  temptation.     If  he  could  but 

tet  one  of  those  tassels,  what  an  addition  it  would 

^e  to  his  little  stock  of  treasures  1 

David  once  more  looked  all  around.  The  priests 
rere  still  at  the  altar ;  but  the  boys  had  gone  from 
^e  nave,  and  those  who  had  been  near  the  door, 
lad  departed.  The  women  seemed  as  intent  as 
fverupon  their  devotions.  David  looked  at  the 
Irapery  once  more,  and  upon  one  of  the  tassels 
'uch  was  nearest  him.  '       ■ 


t 


)nce  more  he  looked  all  around,  and  then, 
kretching  forward  his  hand,  he  touched  the 
BQveted  tassel.       .  ^        '  I 


^; 


/ 


"  'rT%:>:    • 


■^w 


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\ 


I 


(■■■ . 


,  Then  he  drew  back  his  hand,  and  putting  it  in 
his  pocket,  he  drew  forth  his  knife,  which  he 
opened. 

\^  '  Tijen  he  looked  around  once  more. 

Then,  for  the  last  time,  he  put  his  hand  forward, 
holding  the  knifenBo  as  to  cut  the  tassel.     But  flie 
cord  which  bound  the  tassel  to  the  drapery  wds 
strong,  and   the  knife  was  very  dull,  and  David 
found  that  it  was  not  so  easy  as  he  had  supposed. 
But  he  was  determined  to  get  it,  and  so  h^  sawed 
away,  with  fcis  dull  old  knife,  at  the  cord,  severing 
one  by  one  the  filaments   that  composed  it,  but 
doing  this  so  slowly  that  he  began  to  grow  im- 
patient.    The  women  were  not   looking,     ^here 
was  no  danger.    To  work  with  one  hand  was  use, 
less,  and   so   he   reached   forth  both  hands,  ana 
began  sawing  away  more  vigorously  than  iver. 
But  his  impatience,  and  his  vehement  pulls  land 
tugs,  produced  an  eifect  which  he  had  nbt  expected. 
The  heavy  drapery,  which  had  been  loosely  thriVn 
over,  began  to  slide  off  towards  him  ^  he  pullid. 
David  did  not  notice  thisf^  but  continued  his  workj 
looking  around  to  see  whether  the  yomen  were 
noticing  him  or  not.    At  length  he  had  sawed  the 
«>rd  almost  thi:ough,  and  gave  a  quick  pull  at  it  to 
bi-eak  it.  -  it.     „■'       ■  ~ 

The    next   moment    the  heavy  drapery  onn^A 


riidmg  down  towards  him,  and,  to  his  horror,  the 
wooden  image  came  with  it,  Ming  with  a  crash 
©n  the  marble  pavement. 


>*iW;", 


gjr 


■.  f 


OHASEP  BT  A  VIBAGO. 


47 


In  an  instant  the  two  women  started  to  their 
set,  staring^  with  wild  eyes  at^  the  image  and  the 
rapery.  Then  their  Neild  eyes  caught  sight  of  * 
►avid,  whose  frightened  face  would  have  revealed/; 
im  as  the  guilty  cause  of  this  catastrophe,  even  :>• 
"it  had  noti  been  shown  by  the  tassel  and  the  ' 
life,  which  were  in  his  hands.  ,> 

With  a  sharp,  shrill  scream,  one  of  the  women 
)rang  £owa,rds  him.    David  instinctively  ^aped 
[ack,  and  eluded  her.    The  woman  chafed.  David 
lodged  her  around  a  pillar. 

The  woman  followed. 

David  dodged  behind  another  pillar. 

T^ie  woman  cried  out,  "0  Sodleratol    Birhonet 

^urbo!    Ladronet"    And  though  David's  knowl- 

Ige  of  the  Italian  ^guage  was  but  slight,  yet  it 

ifficed  to  show  him  that  these  names  which  slie 

[elled  after  hitik  had  a  very  direful  signification. 

Thu«  David  fled,  dodging  the  woman  behind 

[illar  after  piUar,  until  at  length  he  came  near  to 

le  door.    Had  the  other  woman  taken  part  in  the 

lasp,  David  would  certainly  have  been  captured. 

lut  the  other  woman  did  not.    She  stood  as  if 

)trified  —  motionless  and  mute,  staring  at  the 

ULen  sanctuary,  and  overwhelmed  with  horror.^ 

|o  the  flight  went  on,;nntil  at  length,  reaching  the 

)or.  David  made  a  rush  for  itj  dashed  through,^ 

id  ran  as  fast  as  his  legs  could  carry  him.    The 

roman  followed,  but  af  i;  slower  rate  oC  speed,  arid 

iw  him  go  into  tih&  hotel.    Then  she  returned  to 


""♦^.y^..^ 


:iv 


2 


48 


AMONG  THE  BBIGAND8. 


On  reaching  the  hotel,  David  found  the  rest  of 
,     the  part^>ere,  at  dinner.    He  said  nothing  of  hi 
recent  adventure,  bnt  took  hi,  seat  at  the  tfl^e 
^^efore  long,  the  party  became  conscious  of  a 
p-eat  tumult  and  uproar  in  the  street  in  front  of 
the  house     Prank  and  Bob  went  to  the  windows 
and  looked  out.    A  sudden  excWation  of  surprise 
brought  Olive  and  Pncle  Moses   to  their  sMe 
Dav,^  followed  slowly,  with  a  strange  feeUng  of 
apprehension,  and  with  the  recoUection  of  his  late 
flight  still  strong  in  his  mind. 
He  looked  out.       | 
A  great  crowd  presented  itself  to  his  horrified 

1    ,7     "'.™T-WP''?'«"''°e  a"  Sorrento;   the 
old,  the  mid<re|fed,  the  young;  the   rich   the 

poor;  male  Ja female;  old  men,dd  wome„,C; 

-\    u  T?  °^  *^^  door,  was  the  very  old  woman 
who  ha*d,scovered  his  sacrilege,  and  had  chZd 

th^t  IT^      "  ""'u''^^^'-    N""^  '"'  '"'<'  hoped 
that  ^e  old  woman  had  forgotten-  him ;  but  her 

appearance  now  was  tenfold  more  terrible  than 

ever.    Here  she  was -a  virago -with  a  great 

following,  whom    she  was    exciting   by  vifle™ 

-haranguos-and  ■i^:..,.u....^j— ,...°.  .f^-  '°'ep' 


^'^^g"'^'^t*^'"gby^dgegt.culatfoi.s,todo 
something  or  other  which  DUd  cpnld  not  under- 
stand,  but  which  be  could  well  imagine  to  be 


«'.\,^-  ^t^lk'n.  «»»#j'iSU,'"  s 


"■T,^ 


i'T^'!>0lr*"^;i'f,\ ,  ^-^f^^^    < 


THE  TOWN  BOUSED. 


^  '         h 


lomething  that  had  reference  to  his  own  humble 
^nwprthy,  and  very  much  terrified  self.  ' 

'  Beford  they  had  fairly  grasped  the  whole  of  the 
Icene  that  was  thus  so  suddenly  presented,  they 
krere  accosted  by  the  landlord  and  the  drivel,  who 
Entered  the  room  hurriedly,  and  in  some  excite- 
»aent,  m  search  of  them. 

"One -grand  meesfortune  haf  arrive,"  sairthe 
.ndlord.  «De  people  declare  you  haf  insJit  de 
Sambmo.    Dey  cry  for  vengeance.    Howisdis?" 

I  «  What  ?  "  asked  Prank  j  « insult  what  ?  » 

'  "  De  Bambino."  ... 

"Bambino?" 
"Yes.    It  is  de  consecrate  image  — de  Bam- 

pno-does    miracles,  makes    cufes;    wonderful 

inage    de  pride  of  Sorrento;  an  dis  is  de  day 
icred  to  him.    What  is  dis  meesfortune  dat  I  hear 

3  not  take  care."  ^ 

Multed  anything  whatever.    They're  crazy  " 
[Here  David   finding  concealment  useless,  cou- 

t:t  ?,-7t'  ^^^  "«'^°«^  '-  astonishme^  • 
^e  landlord  shook  his  head  with  an  expression  of 
pncem  and  perplexity.  "^     , 

(Then  he  had    a   long  cbnversation  with  the 


[Then  they  both  left  the  room.    The  landlord 

fch,  -S  "u"*  "^^  '^  "?!«""«  ^he  crowA  He 
Mght  possibly  have  enooeeded,  had  it  not  beenfcr 
4 


V.J 


*» 


■TK* 


60 


AHONO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


f 


■     i( 


David's  old  woman,  who  shpok  her  fists  in  his  face, 
stamped,  appealed  to  Heaven,  raved,  and  howled, 
all  the  time  he  was  speaking.  The  consequence 
was,  that  the  landlord's  words  had  no  effect. 

He  then  entered  the  hotel  once  more,  an^  after 
seeing  the  driver,  and  speaking  a  few  words,  he 
hurried  up  to  our  party,  who  by  this  time  were  ,in 
a  state  of  general  alarm. 

"  You  must  run  —  fly  —  leaf  Sorrento '—  new  — 

•  widout  delay,"  he  cried,  breatSlessIy.     "  I  haf 

order  de  carriage.    I  sail  tell  de  people  dat  you 

sain  be  arrest,  an  pacify  dem  for  a  few  moments, 

till  you  get  start." 

The  landlord  once  more  left  them,  and  going  out 
to  the  crowd,  he  made  a  few  remarks,  to  the  effect 
that  the  hotel  was  being  searched  now  for  the 
offender  against  the  Bambino,  and  when  he  was 
found  he  would  at  once  be  handed,  over  to  the 
authorities.  He  urged  them  to  wait  patiently,  and 
they  should  see  that  justice  would  be  done. 

The  crowd  now  grew  calmer,  and  waited.  The 
landlord  then  went  back,  and  led  the  party  down 
to  the  court-yard.  Here  the  carriage  was  all  in 
readiness,  and  the  driver  was  waiting.  They  all 
got  in  at  once,  unseen  by  the  crowd  in  the  street; 
and  then,  cracking  his  whip,  the  driver  urged  the 
h0r8eB  off  at  Jull  speed  through  the  gates.    The 


crowd  fell  back'on  either  side,  so  as  to  make  away, 
and  were  not  in  a  position  to  offer  any  obstacles  to 
10  sadden  an  onset.    They  also  had  the  idea  that 


j«.i 


,>£4& 


TSWl-'*>^-'^>*i*'P'-3^?!*''''^"'.- -■"*''"''    '^■*"  -*■{? 


FLIGHT. 


ri'\ 


St 


ihe  culprit  was  inside  tlie  hotel,  in  the  hands  of 
[the  authorities. 

But  the  old  woman  was  not  to  be  deceived :  she 
.aw  It  all  m  a  moment,  and  in  a  moment  she  raised 
he  alarm.    Raving,  howling,  gesticulating  wildly, 
lanomg,  and  jumping,  she  sprang  after  the  cwr- 
lage     The^rowd  followed.     But  the  carriage 
lad  already  got  a  good  start  j  it  had  burst  tbrtiiffh 
;he  peo^e^  th^se  who  stood  in  the  way  were 
T^  *?ai  *°  g*'*  o«t  of  it,  and  thus,  with  thb 
brsesipp  speed  they  dashed  up  the  street ;  md 
kfore  long  they  h^d  left  Sorrento,  and  the  holel, 
nd  the  msulted  Bumbino,  and  the  excited  crowd 
^nd  the  raving  old  beldam  far  b6hind.  ' 

David's  a(^.enture  in  Sorrento  had  been  a  pecu^ 

LL"""";?  r?"'.*^"'  ^^^  ^*«  »«*  without 
ianger;  but  ,f  ther^  was  any  satis&ction  to  be  got 
jut  of  It,  It  was  m  the  feet  .that  the  tassel  which  he 
^d  acquired  remaiU  still  in  his  possession,  to  b« 
Wded  to  his  httle  s  »ck  of  relics. 


4- 


63 


f 


AHONQ  THE  BRIGANDS. 


CHAPTER  IV. 


^4'.; 


Salerno  and  the  sulky  l^river.  —  PastutH  and  its  Temples. 
—  A  great  Sensation.  —  An  unpleasant  Predicament.  — r 
Is  the  Driver  a  Traitor?  —  Is  he  in  League  with  Ban- 
dits ?  —  Argtiments  about  the  Situation,  and  vjhdt  each 
thought  about  it.  ,        I 

FT]|R  a  very  pleasant  drive  through  a 
coHfttrjc  ae  beautiful  as  it  had  been  ever 
since  they  left  Naples,  the  party  reached 
Sal;©r6o,  "wl^ere  they  passed  the  night.  Salerno  is 
a  lovely  pljice,  situated  jat  the  extremity  of  a  bay, 
like  Naplesj,  of  which  it  may  bei  called  a  mimaiure. 
It  is  protected  from  the  wind  by  the  high  hills 
that  encircjle  it,  and  its  delicious  climate  makes  it 
a  great  resort  for  invalide.  Btat  formerly  .Salerno 
had  a  diffejrent  character,  and  bne  fai*  more  promi- 
nent in  th6  eyes  of  the  world.  Salerno  has*^  his- 
tory full  of  events  of  the  mosti  varied  and  stirrinjg 
character.  Fought  for  by  Grejek,  and  Baman,  and 
Giermai^,  and  Saracen,  and  Norman,  its  streets  have 
witnessed  the  march  of  hundreds  of  .warlike  ar- 


rays,  and  it  has  known  every  extreme  of  good  or 
evil  fortune.  Two'things  mal^e  Salerno  full  of  in- 
terest to  Jhe  traveller  who  lov4s  the  past.    One  is, 


,ati... 


mi 


# 


— --  -r— '^^'V 


/^ 


'  '-^ 


BAIEBNO  KSa  THB  SULKY  DBI^.  63 

dll  rifV '  "  '""  "^  J«-™i''g  during  the  mid. 
l^r^       •     r  """^  ""'«  *''«  g'-eatest  school  6f 
moAcme  m  the  world,  the  chairs  of  which  were 
thrown  open  to.  Jewish  ind  Arabian  L117 
who  nt  tLo*  *•„    r  -araoian  protessors, 

tTeCh2-         ^M    '  °°*^*"PP<"1  the  students  of 
the  Chnstian  world  m  scientific  attainments.    The 
other  thing  is,  that  here  the  ereat  nnJ T       -^ 
Va,  found  refuge,  after  his'lTj  7ug ^S? 
flymg  from  Rome,  obtained  restliere  S/^^e 
Inendly  Normans,  for  it  was  in  SalernrS  he  '^ 
uttered  those    memomble    dying  words  of 'his'' 
'I have  loved  righteousness,  and  hated  mJ^u 
and  therefore  I  die  in  exile."        ..      "*"  ""I""?! 

Here  at  Salerno  thev  had  n  Iun.1..  '  •       ■ 

•landing  with  their  ,1^'^^^  t^^lTr^ 

fng  more  pay.    A,  they  h^d'itready  mad^i  fon 

contn.ct  with  him,  this  demand  seemed"te  a^!  1  • 

fos.t»n   and  was  rejected  hy  the.whole  o^lm 

^  '"  «»tf.4ther,  J'Xr',  ?    X' 
which  sounded  like   Italian  oaths,  tbongh^T 

RdSto  ht  d'  ""yt"— v-d  was  inclld 

jtired,  Frank  at  length  started  to  his  feet  and  iYl 
pe^mptoiy  tone  ordered  him  out  If  'he  C.  " 
Pj  ^^  »  t,nprep.red  for  this  leS 


*  -N 


wr  s 


fc' 


(-.V-»^.,^j.-.^.^»rT*  i' 


54 


w- 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


I  >■'  -^V 


p^ 


conduct  on  the  part  of  one  who  appeared  to  be 
bu^  a  boy,  that  he  stopped  short  in  the  midst  pf  a 
most  eloquent  tifade  against  them,  in  which  he 
vTas  threatening  to  denounce  tfeem  to  tjie  authoyV 
ities  for  sacrilege ;  and  having  stopped,  he  stared 
at  Frank,  and  seemed  unable  to  go  on  once  more. 
Frank  now  repeated  his  orders,  accompanying 
them  with  a  threat  that  he  would  call  in  the  police. 
At  this  the  driver's  brow  lowered  into  a  sullen 
scowl,  and  muttfering  some  expressions  of  rage 
and  vengeance,  he  lefl  the  room. 
.  Th^boys  chatted  a  little  about  the  mutiny  of 
the  driver,  as  they  called  it,  but  soon  dismissed 
the  thought  from  their  minds.       \  ' 

After  ^passing  the  night  at  Salerno,  they  pre- 
pared, on  the  following  morning,  to  continue  their 
journey.    Early  in  the  day,  the  driver  made  his 
appearance.    He  was  quiet,  and  not  communica- 
tive, and  much   changed  from  his  former   self. 
Frank  addressed  a  few  remarks  to  him,  but  perceiv- 
ing that  he  was  sulky,  he  gave  np  all  attempts  to 
appease  his  wrath.    In  fact,  he  began  to  think  that 
it  might,  perhaps,  have  been  as  well  to  comply 
with  his  request,  for  the  request  for  more  money 
had  been  based  upon.his  recent  rescue  of  them 
from  the.  hands  of  the  mob  at  Sorrento.    Had  the 
driver  made  his  request  a  little  more  meekly,  arid 
-aab  preseutsxt  it  with  ilich  an  assertion  of  right, 
there  is  no  doubt  that  they  would  have  cheerfully 
given  what  he  asked.    But  his  tone  ©xcited  their 


0,  '-  f.  '  *V%*-^  ^y  'A?!. 


*  '   *Jfif  ^ .  -^-  ^  ^^'^  ■ 


fJBStJSU. 


fH^ 


55 


resentment;    and  afterwards,    when    the\  driver 
chose  to  lose  his  tenaperand  scold  them,  theV  were 
more  determined  than  ever  to  •  refuse,    md  he 
appeared  at  this  time  with  his  former  good-nakred 
expression,  and  h4d  h&  shown  any  signs  of Tom- 
punctiou  for  his  insolent  behavior,  there  isAno 
doubt  that  they  would  have  brought  up  the  StTb- 
ject  of  the'ir  own  accord,  and  promise^  hiib^ 
handsome;  a  sum  as  hia.egploit  deserved.    But  hia 
continued  sulks  prevented  them^from  ihtroducinA 
the  subject,  and  so  they  concluded  to  defer  it  to 
some  other  time,  when  he  might  be  restored  to 
himself:        .y  ,  ,     ;  >        \\ 

They  now  drove  along  the  road  m  route  foj-  P»s. 
[tum.    At  first  they  drove  along  the  sea-short,  but 
-alter  a  few  miles  the  road  turned  off  into  the 
country.    All  around  them  were  fields,  which^were 
Wered  with  flocks  and  herds,  jvhile  in  the  dig- 
^nce  were  hills  that  were  clothed  with  vineyards 
Id  ohve  groves,  that  adorned  their  sloping  de- 
hvities  with  mantles  of  d^rk  green  and  lighf  H  • 
he  country,  on  eithersid^  they  also  saw  some  in. 
lications  of  Italian  life,  whVch  excitod  strong  feefc' 
jngs  of  repugnance  within  them;  for  here  and 
.here,  in  m^ny  places,  women  Were  toilintf  in  the 
»elds  aust  as  the  men,  with  heavy  hoes,  ^or  with 
'lo^ghB;  or  with  ^- '  -' 


;  harrows.  .:i&Bome:i^eefr  it  war- 

^T'  t''^'^  Baw  women  laboring  iu  the 
5elds,while^the  men  lolled  bn  the  fences,  or  sat 
mokmg  under  the  shade  of  some  tree.    The  im. 


■m 


->  (^iftpT^sjf^i^l 


56 


AMONG  THE  B^Ain)S. 


J)lements  of  labor  used  excited  their  surprise.  The 
hoes  were  as  ponderous,  as  clumsy,  and  as  heaVy 
asjjiekaxes;  the  ploughs  were  miserably  awkward 
things -a  straight  pole  with  a  straight  wood- 
en share,  which  was  tometimes,  though  by  ^o 
means  always,  pointed  with  iron.  These  ploughs 
were  worked  in  various  ways,  being  sometimes 
puUed  by  donkeys,  sometimes  by  oxen,  and  pn  one 
memorable  occasion  a  donkey  and  a  woman  pulled 
the  plough,  while  a  man,  who  may  have  been  the 
woman's  husbandj^ guided  it  through  the  furrow. 

The  i*oad  wfea  good  one,  and  was  at  first  well 
travelled.  ;^hey  met  soldiers,  and  priests,  and  peas- 
ants.    The^  met  droves  of  oxen,  and  wine  carts 
and  large  herds  of  those  peculiar  hairless  pigs 
which  are  common  to  this  country.    As  they  drove 
on  farther,  the   travel  diminished,  and  at  length 
the  country  seemed  more  lonely.    It  was  still  fer- 
tile,  and   covered   with  luxuriant  vegetation  on 
«very  side  ;  but  the  signs  of  human  habitation  de- 
Pleased,  until  at  length  they  ceased.     The  reason 
of  this  lies  in  the  unhealthy  character  of  the  coun- 
try, which,  like  many  places  in  Italy,  is  subject  to 
malaria,  and  is  shunned  by  the  people.    This  is  the 
nature  of  the  country  which  lies  around  ancient 
Paestumj  and  though  the  fields  are  cultivated 
yet  the  cultivators  live  at  a  distance  upon  the 
Blopes  of  the  mountains. 


"aS"  aboiriSdd^^Tffi^y  an-ived    at'  PfiBStum. 
Here  they  descended^om  th«  carriage/and  giv. 


'  f^-'' 


'■'    '  5  ^3f?-«'S,Sfi»-'* '''P"^? /Vt-       .  ,*-- .^s",- ^'si"^     -,- 


PiESTOH  AND  ITS  BUISS. 


'-Ut 


,:-(' 


67 

ing  instructions  to  the  driver  to  remain  It  tins 
place  „nt.l  they  should  return,  they  startedloff  to 
explore  the  ruined  city.    It  had  been  theirPe^: 
t.on  to  make  use  of  the  driver  as  guide,  to  sh2 
hem  the  objects  of  interest  in-theUn    bE 
Iongco„ta„ed      ,k3  drove  this  from  the  r  Id 
tad  they  concluded  to  .trust  to  themselveLna 
the     guide-books.     The  carriage  ,vas  draK 
on  the  side  of  the  road,  not  far  from  where  the"e 
stood  an  archway,  still  entire,  which  once  foled 
one  of  the  gates  of  Piestum. 

Towards  this  they  directed  their  steps;  Ue 
^gateway  was  formed  of  large  blocks  of  stone  K 
upon  each  other  without  cement,  and  by  tC 

n  either  s,de  of  this  could  .be  seen  the  foX 
ta  stones  of  the  city  walls,  which  have  fallX 
have  been  removed  in  the  course  of  ages.  lut 
►he  o,r6u,^onhejsaU^^  be  traced  byZ  fal 

ents  that  yet  remain,  and  from  this  circuit  t£ 
b  of  the  cty  may  be  judged.    Beyond  the  1   « 

fcd  wo'rld";'"^"  *?'  '"'  ^^''  «-  «"»«  "^t 
1^  and  world-famed  rums,  some  of  which  are  liHfe 

Hsa  than  masses  of  rubbish,  while  others  are  L 

r"  f'"'^""^.  that  they  might  now  be  used  itr 

tren^''''''''''.'''*^--<'"einaii;de:ot$ 


niieatre,  whfoh,  however,  are  confused   hears 
fnd  some  public  edificea  in  *i,«  "oaps, 

be  foundatinn.  „,     "®'  '".  *«  »«■»«  conditio!., 
^ne  loundations  of  some  private  houses  maj- 


'>r 


68 


AMONG  THE  BBIOAKDS. 


be  seen.     But  the  mo8t  noted  and  most  inter- 
esting of  the  remains  of  Paestum  are  its  two  Tem- 
ples and  Basilica—  edifices  whose  origin  reaches 
■f  back  to  the  depths  of  an  immemorial  antiquity,  but 
which  still  remain  in  a  state  of  preservation  so 
perfect  as  to   be   almost  incredible.    For  these 
edifices  are  as  old,  at  least,  as  Homer,  and  were 
probably  in  existence  before  his  day.    Phcenician 
sailers  or  raerchaints  may  have  set  eyes  on  these 
temples,  who  also  saw  the  Temple  of  Solomon  at 
its  copipletion.    Th«y  existed  in  the  age  of  the 
Pharaohs,  and  rival  in  antiquity,  in  massive  gran- 
deur, and  in  perfect  preservation,  the  Pyramids  of 
Egypt.    In  t|e  age  of  imperial  Rome,  and  even 
of  republican  Rome,  these  temples  were  ancient, 
and  the  Emperor  Augustus  visited  them,  and  jfe- 
^rded  them  as  remains  of  venerable  antiquity. 

-Of  these  three  edifices,  the  most  majestic,  and 
probably  the  most  ancient,  is  the  one  which  is 
caUed  the  Temple  of  Neptune.  The  stone  of 
which  it  is  built,  is  found  in  the  neighborhood  still, 
and  presents  a  most  singular  appearance.  At  a  dis-' 
tance  it  appears  very  rough  andfull  of  holes,  like 
cork.  A  closer  examination  shows  that  it  is  really 
composed  of  innumerable  fragments  of  wood,  com- 
pressed together  in  a  vast,  solid  mass,  and  petri- 
.  fi[ed.  The  stone  is  exceedingly  hard  and  durable. 
The  "-"^ — ^  "'  •      '  -'   ' 


blQckg  of  this  Btono-Wof^wbieh^iiiy  temple, 
and  the  others  also,  are  built,  are  of  such  enormous 
size,  that  they  can  only  beVompared  to  those  im- 


',^>  ■J-'^^-S^jJ^^li!*^  ■*-  '' 


»  J 


fee 


•'i 


iV'    «"."%?*. 


Tian»LE8  OP  P^ESTUlf. 


i 


59 

m«inse  masses  that  were  heaped  np  to  form  the 
Pyramids  of  Egypt  and  the  Temples  of  Karnafc 
Piled  up  hero  upon  one  another  without  cement, 
^hgjr  have  deaed  the  ravages  of  time 
"TThe  Temple  of  Neptune  is  appn«i,ed  by  three 
unmense  steps,  whioh  e.tend  around  eve^  side 
of  It    It  ,8  about  two  hundred  feet  ik  lengtMnd 
.eighty  ,„  breadth,  while  on  every eide  th^ereta 
row  ofe„on„„„3  columns  of  the-Dorfc  order 
th,rty.,x  ,n  number.    They  are  airfl„^d?td 
have  an  aspect  of  severe  and  massive -gra;d^^ 
Ithat  is  unequalled  in  any  other  temple.^bove 
hhese  columns  rise  an  enormous  Doric  frieze  ^I 

Height  of  the  columns ;  and  these  proportions  give   ' 
uch  vas  „ess  to  the  mass  above,. that  it  heighSIs 

^und  the  Temple,  are  thirty  feet  high,  a„d  seven 
feet  m  diameter  at  the  base.   Inside,  fb^  piemen? 

L      "'"T"'^  •  '^'  *'»'6''  *e  alter  isCne  :°t 
Ihe  place  where  it  stood  can  easily  beseea  K 

0  tne  sky -a  circumstance  which  made  the  Lk-. 
C  j!  •'<*"«<"  ""'Oh  Easier,  since  it  relie^^"^ 

hitheatree,  the  blue  sky  could  be  seen  overhead; 


i^ 


r 


*    ^®w  AMONG  THE  BBIOANDg. 

*  '^^  '  \ 

l 

while  the  too  fervid  rays  of  a  mi^ummer  Bun,  or 
the  storms  of  winter,  could  be  warded  oflf  from 
^se  within  by  means  of  an  awning  thrown  over 
r  thlS^  open  roof,  and  stretched  on  cables. 
^   Near  the  Temple  of  Neptune  is  another,  W'hich 
IS  called  the  Temple  of  Ceres.    It  is  neither  so 
large  nor  so  grand  as  the  former,  but  it  possesses 
mor^  elegance  and  beauty.     It  is  about  a  hundred 
feet  long  and  fifty  feet  wide.     Like  its  companion. 
It  18  surrounded  on  all  sides  by  a  cJolopnade,  six 
piUarf  being  in  the   front,  six  in  the  re^,  and 
twelve  on  either  side.     The  altar  here  is  gone,  but 
;its  foundations   remain.      Various  signs  show  a 
greater  degree  of  splendor  in  the  interior  adorn- 
ment   of  this   temple,    especially  the    fact  that 
the  pavement  was  mosaic  work.    There  is  reason   I 
to  suppose   that  this  temple  was  turned  into  / 
Christian  church  some  time  in  the  fourth  century, 
buch  a  transformation  as  this  was  common  enough 
throughout  the  Roman  empire  during  that  great 
triumph  of  Christianity  which  took  place  under 
Constantine,  and  after  him,    so  that  in  this  case 
there  need  be  little  room  for  doubt  as  to  the  truth 
oi  the  statement.  .' 

Not  far  from  this -is  the  third  of  the.  great  ed- 
ifices  of  P^stum.  It  is  about  ^s  large  as  the  Tem-^ 
pie  of  Neptune,  being  nearly  two  hundred  feet 


It  IS  surrounded  by  a  coloniiade,'but  the  architoc' 
ture  18  les8  massive  thag  that  of  J^jrst  temple. 


m 


,W 


5b 


IN  tTNPLBASANT  PREDICAMENT. 


ei 

these  columns,  nine  are  ft,  front- ^n4  in  the 
rear   and  sixteen  are  on  either  side,  makin«r  fiftr 


ee  has  led  to  th© 
^11,  but  a  coui^ 
the  Basilica^ 
18  to  indicate  a 
^sTde,  the  pavement 


•f  an  altar ;  and  this  circj 
•elifef  that  it  was  not  at 
'f  W.      AccoJ^dingly,  itL 
I'hich  term  was  used  by  t;h5 

Jaoe  used  for  public  triate    ,„..„„,  ,„„      ^^^^^^ 
et  remain,,  and  there  are  the  remain,,  of  a  rol 
,V*'ri°ru''    i"  """^  P"^'"''  »'™e  *h«  middle 
Jo  parts"^'"^  '"""  *°  ™"'  "'^"'"S  i'  »to    ' 

rf/ZVIl^  «»-ee,  the  Temple  of  Neptune  is  th? 
nmdest,  he  best  preserved,  and  tULstfamou^ 
«tthe_  others  are  fit  companions,  end  the  gian 
™s  of  these  mighty  relics  of  hoary  antiquity 
Bsurpassed  by  any  other  edifice,  rise  bSe  tU 

The  party  visited  all  these  Carious  objecfe  S 
re«t,  and  at  length  returned  to  the  g^te.  They 
.d  spent  al,out  two  hours  in  their  surTey  of  P»r 

Id  now  nothmg  more  remained  but  to  returt 
:XS^£^-.ta«  Of  the\iver 


u  "::''':-^jjg;'HW»f> J.  accounted  for  41tiR  tw 

frgronnd  that  he  was  still  maintainirJSfT^ 

fd  they  thought  that  if  he  chose  to  n«Ae  Xl 


.w^' 


"»*■'■'•'  -!!»,,,V*" 


:%■-:■ 


■#^ 


62 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


^jr 


\0f  himself,  they  would  allow  him  to  do  so  as  long 
aS  it  was  agreeable  to  him. 

With  these  thoughts  they  approached  the. gate- 
way. As  they  drew  near,  they  were  surprised  to 
find  that  there  w^re  no  signs  of  the  carriage.  The 
yiew  was  open  and  tinobstructed.  Here  and  there 
mounds  or  fragments  of  stone  arose  in  the  place 
where  once  had  been  the  wall  of  the  city  of  Pses- 
tuni,  and  before  tl^m  was  the  simple  arch  of  the 
massive  gateway,  but  no  carriage  or  horses  were 
visible.  » 

This  excited  their  surprise,  and  also  their  alarm. 
They  remembered  that  the  sullen  mood  of  the  dri- 
V0r  made  him  quite  capable  of  playing  off  some 
DiiMicious  trick  upon  them,  and  they  recalled,  also, 
hps  threats  of  the  evening  before.  Could  he  have 
cbpsen  this  way  to  put  his  threats  into  execution? 
It  seemed,  indeed,  very  much  like  it.        * 

Still,  there ,wji8  one  hope  left.  It  was  just  pos- 
sible that  the  carriage  had  been  drawn  up  mq^e 
tinder  the  arch,  so  that^t  was"' hidden  from  view. 
As  this  was  the  last  Jiope  that  was  left  them,  i\iey 
hurried  forth  to  put  fn  end  to  their  suspensenas 
soon  as  possible.    Nearer  and  nearer  they  came. 

At  last  they  reached  the  arch.  '^ 

They  ruJIed  through  it,  and  beyond  it. 

There  was  nothing  there  1 


JiQ^hofsesI    Wo  driver! 


,    At  this  they  ^]  stopped,  and  stared  at  one  an- 
other in  sileat  cdftisternation.  ^ 


f 


.1^' 


,.S- 1 


X 


;■'   i  i 


orses  were 


^ 


IS  THE  DRIT|;a«l[|^  TRAITOR? 


63 


f' 


"  He's  gone,"'cried  Clive.    "He's  left  us  here—  ^ 
to  get  back  the  best  way  we  can." 

"  He  swore  last  ni^ght,"  said  David,  "  that  he'd 
pay  us  up ;  and  this  is  the  way  he's  done  it." 

"  Yes,"  said  Bob  ;  *'  he's  been  sulky  all  day. 
He's  been  concocting  some  plan." 

"  I  don't  see  what  good  it'll  do  him,"  said  Frank.   . 
"He'll  lose  his  fare.     We  won't  pay  him."  r 

"0,  he'll  give  up  that  for  the  pleasure  ofj-e- 
vpnge,"  said  Clive. 

"  Wal,  wal,  wal,"  cried  Uncle  Moses,  looking  all 
around  with  a  lace  of  dark  and  doleful  perplexity. 
"  This  here  does  beat  all  I  ever  seen  in  all  my  life. 
An  now,  ^hafr  upon  airth  we^ioan  do  —  I'm  sure  I 
can't  tell." 

"  Whatever  we  do,"  said  Fra©k,  "  it  won't  do  to 
wait  here.    It's  too  late  now." 

«  Perhaps  he  hasn't  run  off  at  all,"  said  David, 
who  always  was  inclined  to  believe  the  best  of 
people.  "  Perhaps  he  has  driven  up  the  road,  and 
intends  to  return." 

Frank  shook  his  head. 

"  No,"  cried  Jie.  '  "  I  believe  the  scoundrel  has 
left  us.    We  paid  him  half  of  his  fare  at  Sorrento;  . 
the  rest  was. to  be  paid  at  Naples;  but  he   has 
thrown  that  up,  in  order  to  have  the*  pleasure  of 
being,  revenged  on  us.    And  where  he's^gone  to     ' 
^HJ^w  18  a  mysteryTome.''  .    ' 

"  0, 1  dare  say  he's  driven  off  to  Naples." 

"  Perhaps  so.    But  h«  may  intend  something    ' 


/'■ 


■j  '^.fS 


R^    'J^mJ^m    1 1 1-  <  >T^*  f %■       " 


^'M^^^MS^i^^'M^S^ 


w^f^*'-'"^'  \* 


-ft  »'J. 


n 


64 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


Z:}'   ''■"  '"''  "'^'  *''«™  "-  brigands,  abont 
"  Brigands  ! " 

l\  «  K  '1  f  "  S"'"'  '^^»'  "f  mischief."         ^  '  f 

'        hnr      "^    '  ' "  ""'"^  ^"'''^  M°«e»,  in  a  voice  of 

^ZZ  w  "r -^  ^"^'y  ''™-"«^.  "no  then  koked 
wi  h  mcstened  eyes,  upon  the  boys.  ^' 

O,  boys,"  he  sighed,  "why  did  we  ever  v.. 
toor  out  so  far  in  .his  here  lllianZd,  o   ^ 

«n  a   leeim  it  m  my  bones  all  day     T  f^u  u 

wtSv:;t-^:;^n:;ru'^™f '•■•"« 


,i  I 


'^ 


ffiiwi. 


rigands- about 


SITUATION  DISCUSSED. 


65 


# 


CHAPTER  V. 


9 


They  discuss  the  Situation.  —  They  i>r^....  .    ^ 
icilso^  Walk  anaa  ^'-PpMc^tl'Tl^'r^ 
.  0/  Signs  once  more.  —  The  Mnu^t^  •  V-        .      ^^Hguage 

'•onof  the  Donkey  Bm  —  r^  ..        ."— (-""tmui- 
~  "  E  Perdutol"  '^""'^'"Vf  'fk.  Cavalcade. 

fm  mention  of  brigands  prodnced  a  stortlini. 
.     and  powerful  effect  upon  the  who  e  f"/ 
and  after  Uncle  Moses'  wail  nf  Lv  • 

".  wl"'  tt'  '"o™  *-  "'"»  &   a  tZ"' 
VVell,"   said  David    "  I  rlnn'f    i       '     «*  "me. 

bei^^e  in  brigands  altogether  "  Ml ITs  of  A  "f 
come  to  Italv  wi'fhon^  cJ  •  <*«"iion8  of|feopIe 

tod  why  sh  uld  we  f  P„T*'  ''°^'""/  "^  *''«  •"■'<'. 
ver.  lively  Z^t  d'  eThL^'drir  b ''^•' 
«ome  place  on  the  road  where  he  cI  ^t  *° 
entertainment  for  n,.„      aT  *"  «**  "'etle'' 

P»«tum.''  ""  """^  ''"'«'  *«»  «  offere-fat 

iWt^^™  ""^''^  ""^  «*■'>"  »»id  Prank.'    «n.e» 
lan  t  any  mn  for  inilea."  ^^^   - 

^om^'b^rofd":'!  "Z:"  If  "?^''''-    '"^-o  -' 
I  T*  ""y  kern  soon  be  back.    Prom', 


t» 


> 


S'^S?  "- 


«^' , 


. 


66 


AMONG   THE  BRIGANDS. 


,  \ 


what  I've  seen  of  the  Italians,  I  think  they'd  stand 
a  great  deal  before  losing  aiiy  money.  The  driver 
would  wait  till  he  got  his  pay,  and  tl^n  try  to  take 
his  revenge*"      ,  ,  \/         -. 

"  Well,  it  may  ^e  so,"  said  Frank ;  "  but  in  any 
.case,  it  will  be  best  for  us  to  start  off  at  once. 
1]]iere's  no  use  waiting  here  any  longer.  We  can 
foot  itj  after  all.  And  we  may  como  to  houses,  or 
we  may  pick  up  a  wagon,  and  get  a  lift." 
m  This  was  evidently  the  best  thing  thatt  could  bo 
done,  and  so  they  all  at  once  set  off  on  foot,  on  their 
way  back  to  Salerno. 

Fortunately  for   them,   they  were  quite  fr^sli.   | 
They  had  been  driving  all  the  morning;  and  for  • 
/two  hours  they  had  been  strolling  up  and  down' 
within  a  small  circuit,  looking  at  temples,  or  sprawl- 
-    ing  on  the  grass.     They  had  eaten  a  good  lunch 
before  leaving  th.e  carriage,  and  had  not  had  time 
yet  to  feel  hungry.     The  weather  was  mild  and 
pleasant.     The  sun  shone  brightly,  without  being 
too  hot,  and  everything  was  favorable  to  a  Avalk. 
More  than  all,  the  road  was  very  good,  and  nut 
being    much   travelled,  it  was  grass-groAvn  to  a 
great  extent,  and  this  grass  afforded  an  easy  and 
agreeable  path  for  their  feet. 

They  set  out   in    high  spirits,  walking  pretty 
Vigorously,  yet  not  too  rapidly,  for  they  wished  to 

^ant^tTrmrsffmfffin^mvfmfg^^ 
debating  the  point  as.  to  the  driver's  intentions. 
Frank  maintained  that  ho  had  deserted  them  out 


ht- 


^^-'^^ISSS 


)MiiMMMm^&' 


a-r^ 


'"""ife '"  ""■"^1^^^" 


_.    i     WAIK  TOWARDS  SALEBSO.  g^ 

«f  WiSe    and    Bob   coincided  with    tbV  ^few  ' 
Dav.d,  on  the  other  hand,  believed  that  !,„  V  ^' 

return  and  Chve  sided  with  him.  Bnt,  as  niile 
after  m,le  wa,  traversed,  and  still  no  signs  of le 
driver  appeared,  David's  theory  grew  weak  and 
Frank's  grew  strong.    As  for  Uncif-Mles  he  ^ 

Cd,     T    ""'.'IT-'"""'  ''"^'"^'^  "^^ti-g  with. 

V  S,  F    -l      ''"^"'  """«^"'  »''I«»"a"  banditti     ■ 
vhich  Frank's  words  had  called  up  in  his  m  nrf 

h'T  ""'  ">  *>«  «^«ily  got  rid  of.        ^  """''' 

pSd^-ed^dtt.:-™'- 

i..;t  miles  bet^utl:  .vt'f  rrrr 

oa  "ow  beoaipe  wider,  and  <,,nt:ieX:JJ:: 
living  every  indication  of  feeing  a  w»ll  r-iT  ' 
I'orougWare,  and  exciting  the  hone  twi," 
huld  find  some  wine  cart  at  l„    ,  ,    '  "'^^ 

,•  conveyance,  By  ni^LTofSX -.7°''' 
fete  their  journey  to  dalerF  '  '"'"''  ~"'- 

Noh  ehcited  a  shout  of  Jo^f^Bo?"^  ^'^"'  °^ 
^^Oonkeys,    Doukeys,»    he   «ried.    "Hurrah, 

eS^    ,reh:'„!:''^'"7'^«"<"""«--rld. 
leino."  •  '       """'  ">«">.  a»d  ■ido  -back  to 


;Jft;-:i 


,  •      •  .  /  /   \«.J' 


'% 


'•i-i 


68 

'   "Aat's  a 


lMOng  the  brig 

1 f^   . 

ic^m  cne 


^  ,  .,  FraiBlf^ii  gteut 

delight.    "  I  h(^  to  fiii^ne  caS^,  ^or  ox  carts  j 
but  donkey^ ftrj^liifiniiel^^tt^-''  '^  ** 

%rrymg  'iWi^^j^,    thej^sl 
.^u^.-,       hdl-e  were  six  or  ei| 

an  ai^^.a  bo^.    •Filing' itog^ly  a^ 
pourse  he  could  not  speak  Itfilian, 
wigns  he  succeeded. in  conveying 
^y's  mind  the  requisit6.''idea,  -  On  this 
.^^  _,    ^  i^^lelt  most  strongly  the^^^nefit  which 

'  '*'^^^*  hpd  received  from  his  intercou^  with  Paolo. 
*^  fT-  Fratiic  Urns  pointed  to  his  feet,  and  th|a  backward, 
apd  then  forward,  and  then  pointing  t^the  donkey 
•hearesst,  he'  made  k  motion  to  mountjaftfet  which  he 
'showed  the  old  man  some  money,  *ind  gapping  it, 
and  poibtin^  to  the  donkey,  he  looked  inquiringly 
at  him,  as  if  to  ask,  "  How-much  ?" 
.  Tiie  old  man  piade  ^ome  signs  which  Beemed  to 
Frank  to  be ^  question,  "  How  far?"  so  he  roared 
out,  in  stentorian  tones, ."Salerno." 

Upon  this  the  old  man  stood  for  a  littlfe  while  in 
silent  thought.  Then  he  looked  at  Frank,  and 
then,  pointing  with  one  hand  at  Frtihk's  money, 
with  the  other  he  touched  the  donkey,  which 
seemed  to  say  that  he  would  let  the  d^ey  go  for 


that  price..  As  there  was  not  quite  a  dpi 
hand,  in  loose  change,  the  charge  s( 
~ton5©"'v^lrea8onable,  and  ev< 
it,  "  ^^^wBmV"  ,So  thought  alii 
ap  proqSS^d  to^Jbring  forth  t^ 


L  Frank's 
to  him 

tpressed, 
fe,'  and  they 
96  chdnge, 


.> 


/ 


THE  LA1?GUAGB  OP  SIGNS. 


^"t""     ,'O'J. 


■  (  f 


e& 


and  pass  It  oveJ'  to  the  old'maa.  The  hands  of  the 
latter  closed  over  the.  silver,  with  a  nervou«  and 
almost  convulsive  clutch,  and  after  one  long,  hun- 
gry look  at  each  lot  that  was  given  him,  he  would 
insert  each  very  carefully  in  the  remote  corner  of 
an  old  sh^skin  pouch  that  hung  in  front  of  him. 
suspended  around  his  waist.  ' 

But  now  arose  a  difficulty.  The  donkeys  had 
no  saddles.  That  was  ai  small  matter,  ho^vever. 
and  was' not  the  real  didiculty.  The  real  difficulty 
^Jay  m  he  factjhat  they  had  no  bridles.  ^ 
icould  they  guide  them  ?  •        ^^ 

Frank  tried  by  signs  Jo  express  this  difficulty  to 
[the  old  man  and  the  latter  understt.^  him,  for  he 
Smiled;  nodded,  shrugged  his  ahouldert,  and  then 
omted  to  his  bpy,  and  waved  his  hand  in  the 
^recfon  they  wished  to  go.     The  boy  also  snliled 
.nd  nodded,  and  made  signs  of  his  own,  by  Mrhich 
>e  plamly  showed  tl^  thnt  he  intended  to  a(> 

Jtllh ''°^  understood,  the  boys  felt  satisfied, 
Pd  each  one  now  proceeded  to  select  the  donkey 
mich  was  most  ta  hi»  fjwUi*»t     n  u  x.  /  """^®/ 

iade  his  se^y^^^^^- ""^  ^^^  ^"^^^3^ 
aae  nis  seMi^^nd^wi^  mmxted  on  the  l?ack 


M  the  bi^gf^nkey  of  th^lol 
Me,  bre#h.  of  chfi«* 


an  animal  whose 


Job  h,s  moant,  but  ine  of  them  compS 
Ink  seared  a  «didanifflj,ti«i.ted  a  itS 


'^W^ 


■  'I'M. 


.^^^r 


70 


^  AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


( 


-fact  e?cpres8ioii,  and  looked  as  though  he  had  \io 
nona^nse  in  him.  Clive  choso  one  that  had  a 
%ht  sliade^of  melancholy  in  his  iace,  as  tiiough 
he  I^ad  -knoivn  sorro^w.  David's  donkey  was  a 
shaggy,  hard-headed,  doWd-looking  animal,  that 
seemed  bent  on  havinf  his  own  way.  U„cle 
Moses  mount  was  rather  eccentric.     iTe  chose  the 

.  smallest  an.mal  of  the  lot, -a  donkey,  in  fact,- 
which  was  so  small  that  its  rider's  feet  could  onfy 
be  kept,  from 'the  ground  with  difficulty.  Uncle 
Moses,  indeed,  if  "he  had  chosen,  might  have  taken 

'    ^FM    T    A  ^'"""'^'  ""^  accelerated  the  motion 
.-  Pl  h,s  beast  by  propelling  him  with  his  own  feet 
.Great  wa.  the  laughter  that  arose  among  the 
.    party  as  eadi  one  mounted  his  gallant  steed,  and 
turned  to  bok  upon  his  companion.     Jeers,  and 
jokes,  and  light  chaff  arose,  and  the  boys  fouid  no 
end  of  fun   m  this   new  adventure.     But  Eode 
3^08e8  wasn't  ableHo  see  any  fun  in  it  at  all5lle 
6^t  with  an  expression  on  his  face  that  would  have 
done- honor  to  a  martyr  at  the  stake,  and  the  boys 
renpected  him  too  mut^h  to  include  him  in  their 
good-natured  raillery. 

The  Italian  boy  took  David's  donkey  by  the  ear 
and  started.  Davfd's  donkey,  in  spit  J  of  his  ap' 
pearance  of  obstinacy,  fbllowed  without  resistance, 
and  trotted  nimbly  off,  the  Italian  boy  running 
easi^byhHside.^    T^^^^^^ 


As  tBey  had  no  bridres  a„rnoTddi;;  s^rof. 
the  party  had  a  iittle^difficulty  in  preserring.their 


J  .-  .... 


h\ 


vf/^  '*   ■'i  ^T 


bob's  ride. 


.  4  , 

71 

balance,  but  managed  to  do  so  by  gral^bing  the 
coarse  hair  of  the  donkey's  mane.  The  pace  was  a 
rapid  one,  and  it  was  wonderful  to  see  how  well 
the  Italian  boy  kept  up  with  them  Without  losing 
breath,  or  slackening  it.  This  he  c&fbr  a  long- 
[^time.  ,         ,       - 

Among  those  who  cared  nothing  for  saddle  Or  ■ 
bridle  was  Bob.     On  the  bacjf'of  a  donkey  he  felt 
as  comfortably  as  though  he  was  sitting  in  an  easf 
chair.     As  they  trotted  along  the  road,  Bob  sat 
with  his  arms  folded,  and  his  legs  now  hanging 
loosely,  now  drawn  up   in  front   of  him,   and  at 
other  times  pretending  that  he  had  a  side-saddle. 
At  length  he  became  discontented  with  thf  sub- 
ordinate position  that  he  was  occupying,  in  merely 
following  in  the  rear  of  t  leader  like  David.     He 
was  a  far  better  rider  than  David,  aYid  his  donkey 
a  far  better  donkey  than  the  leading  one.     With 
the  ambitious  desire  to  obtain  the  post  of  honor  for 
himself,  he  beat,  pounded,  and  kicked  at  his  don- 
key.   For  a  long  time  this  had  no  effect  whatever ; 
the  donkey  not  only  was  not  stimulated  by  it,  but 
he  did  not  even  seem  to  be  conscious  of  it.    At 
^st  Bob  determined  to  resort  to  other  methods. 
Drawing  a  piarfrom  his  shirt  collar,  Where  it  was 
filling  the  place  of  a  lost  button,  he  stuck  it  two 


or  three  times  in  the  donkey's  flanks 
-Thitf^Ws^rr^oft;    The^patience  of  Bob>8 


Thi*%ar=too= 
donkey  hadr 


endure  it  no  mor 


its  farthest  limit.    It  could 


; 


ifiS^i 


■ifc/fcl'    i*<J. 


Itt 


i  I  .,• 


lir 


--il'i 


%' 


72 


/  • 


:«\  ^ 


;\V;:'' 


AMONG  THE  BBlOlNDS. 


■*•"  , 


Another  lean  anH  j,o  ,       u        ",   ^ay  to  the  first. 
MW  leap,  and  he  was  beyond  them. 

smS"^- ""^^  '^"^  ^^'  ^  race-horse,    ms  ^le^der 
Bm^  hmbs  seemed  as  fitted  for  runnin^n^^  f' 

a^er  the  rlunawlr     ah  .i,        ?,    ,  consternatioq 
X.         .    ^T"**"^/'    All  the  rest  looked  t^i'+K  «« 


■V 


H" 

% 


■^  S^' 


■'■4: 


^     .L 


«i*^ 


•if    'ii*<*i 


.«? 


'^-■- 


HW 


^     -"I      '\-^  K    ■ 


bob's  flight. 


73 


CItAPTER  VL 


Fbghi.  of  B^b.- Difference  befmen  a  tame  Donkey  md  a 
^  wild  Ass.  ~  Carried  off  to  the  Mountains.  —  The  Head- 

T^^Vf'^^^'  ^^««/«'«  Pass. -The   Journey^ 
EndrnkJll-omened  Pla^e.  -  Confounded  by  anew  Terror, 
^riga^ds.  .        -  •      \ 


the  donkf  arst  bounded  off,  the 
^"^^-^  of  Bob  were  nothing  but  pure, 
unmiHated   dehght.    As  his  spirited 
animal,  roused  Ifrom  In's  indifference,  burst  through 
the  cro^d  and  reached   the  head,  Bob's  heart 
swelled  with  triumph.    As  he  rushed  along  tile 
road,  ^t  ahead  of  the  i^est,  his  triumph  increased. 
He  turned  his -head,  and  waved  his  hands  to  hia 
Iriends.    Then  he  waved  his  cap  in  the  air,  and 
shouted    "Hurrah  1"    Then  he  rode  side-saddle 
fashion  for  a  liftle  while,  then  he  drew  both  legs 
'Y  '^  front,  and't^n  he  indulged  in  a  series  of 
absurd  and  fantastic  tricks.  w  i- 

\     All  this  Bob  did  because  he  supposed  that  he, 
wa^  riding  aheadj)^hi8_friend^8,»^T^d  that  thoy  Woro 


T5nowing>m,  and  admiring  him.  He  had  not 
made  any  oalculation  as  to  the  great  rate  of  speed 
at  i^hicl^  his  donkey  was  carrying  him,  and  had 


^ 


V. 


'    0 


74 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


prank,  for  the  aZll'^^    fT  """"'^'"e  '"''  ''^ 
r^fy  be,ond  the  re:!,,':;;^':;:::;"  ^^^"'^'  "'■ 

was  an  ass  -  s„wL     r  T  ""'  ^  <'<"'''«3'  -  l-e 
a3  a  race-horse  '^Te'-'"''  "^'"y'  ^^^  "^et 

'       It  seemed  to  h  m  tf  f  ^^'""'''^^^^  rider. 

-  "-eality  this  easy  Bace  w!  T  f-  "  ™"*'"'-  '" 
before  long  Bob  Ts  o^  of'' •l^"'^'^  "■'•"'""" 
This  disco,^ry  burst  ."nl  h"^^^f ''  ''"  ^""•^'i'- 
the  intention  of  sCuZ  ,  ?  -'"  '"™<"'.  with 
them,  when  to  his  T*  ^      "''  ''*"'  """^ense  to 

«".  -  r'  no':;nT:f\rerrer  -■"^'-- 

He  lookfd'In  a    „fd  in  aU  '"^  P"""'"'  o" « 

theendeavortocomnrehendf ""!  ™"°''"'y'  '^»''  r 

thought  was;  that  eomr»'^'"'™"""-   »''«fi"«' 

to  the  party  which  waTd  T"''™'  '"*^  '""PP^-ed 

he  became  aware  'f^ottr^  ''T  '  •""  «"'» 

"^d  understood  the  tr^e  state  of^h"""  P'"^™^'' 

now  in  a  place  where  tb^rf^"""*-   ^I^was      " 

•  »«e.    it  the  en"  'of   h  s  Tt  ''"'f''°^  o^- 

'•'""■had  this  turnlng.ptee  L  I  '^'Tl     ^*  ""I* 

faraway  iust»f  tif     !.'        °°^^^  hack  again, 

^.justat  the  entmnce  upon  th^h" 


BOB'8  flight. 


75 


piece  of  read,  he  saw  the  party  coming.  A  few 
Beconda  and  he  was  once  more  carried  out  of 
sight. 

And  now  Bob  began  to  feel  that  his  situation 
was  a  serious   one.     It  was  not  pleasant  to  be 
carried  away  in  this  manner,  in  a  strange  country 
on  the  back  of  an  animal  like  this.     Had  it  been  a 
runaway  horse,  he  would  have  felt  less  troubled. 
He  would,  m  fact,  have  felt  quite  at  home,  for  he 
had  been  frequently  run  away  with  on  horseback. 
He   understood    horses,   but  of   asses  he   knew 
nothing.     A  horse  was  to  some  extent  a  sensible 
animal.    He  would  run  away,  and   in  due  timi 
would  come  to  a  pause.    But  an  ass  I    Was  an  a^ 
possessed   of  any   sense   of  decency  —  any  Con.  • 
science?    Would  the  Well-known  obstinacy  of  the 
ass  be  shown  on  an  occasion  like  this  ?  and  wouia 
this  ass,  merely  out  of  that  obstinacy,  keep  on 
running  for  all  the  rest  of  the  day?    It  was  ^ 
startling,  thought.  -         •     ■'        1 

A  Bob  all  this  time  had  been  making  desperate  ef- 
forts to  stop  the  ass.  He  was  considerably  em^ 
barrassed  by  the  fact  that  there  was  no  bridle,  and 
no  way  of  getting  at  the  m^scf^f^o  exert  his 
strength  upon  him.  He  tried  ^l^^pvays.  .  First  "^ 
he  pulled  at  his  long  ears.    For  M  the  ass  qared' 


/ 


-l^enT^  wounriiis  hands  about  his  neck,  and 
tried  to  pull  his  head  back..  The  effect  was  use- 
tesfc    Bob'a  stren|th  wfts  unavailiDig.  *H©  could 


:'  / 


•fA^ 


^f 


■ 


T6 


AMONO  THE  BMOANDS.        kl 


^ 


no  more  move  that  bent  and  stubborn  neck  than  - 
he  could  straighten  the  crooked  fluke  of  an  anchoT 
.Then  he  pounded  wildly  upon  the  neck,  «hou"SerI' 
a«d  flanks  of  the  ass,  and  kicked  again  t  his   Mes' 

to  affect  the  animal  bo  more  than  so  many  pufls  of 

right,  and  suddenly  called,  in  a  short,  sharp  pe^  ■" 
emptory  voice,  "Whoa!"    This  he  repeat^'over    ' 
-    .apd  over  but  without  any  su.eess,  and  atfeng  h 
he  refleetea  that  «Aoa  was  English, 'a  langu^ie 
-h.h,  of  courae,  an  Italian  ass  could  not  ^del 

tJ^^'^f^^^^  '""'"  P"«'"g  forth  these  efl-orts  " 

eatlier  side.    He  passed  long  lines  of  trees  by  the 

roadside  he  saw  field  after  field.flit  by  and  the 

-distant  hills  went  el„wly;%long  ^t  of  t  eTine  of 

^  Vision.    Hitherto  he  dad  metlith  no  one  at  all 

•k  7  ^^  T:''^  "^  ^^-  -y  Cttle  of    n" 


Hie  ffears,  how^e 


ver,  were  nnfounddd  jK^r  iow' 


ev,nt  occurred  which  mad«  h^TuiTK" 


>        n  V 


ik 


.*  "■ 


f.i/iiWi  "v'-i>J^S:*m4*<^fcwlj    ,'v         (««'i;-' 


■^i  "^     a*    "^ 


.      •    ;*,' 


>  > 


BOB*S  PLIGHT. 


77 


V 


thoughts.  It  was  a  sudden  change  in  the  course 
of  hia  flight.  Tims  far  tWky  had  been  going  along 
the  main  road.  Now,  how#ver,  they  came  ■  to  a 
placd  where  a  road  led  away  on  the.  right,,  ap- 
parently to  the  piou^tains,  Without  the  slightest 
p^use  or  hesitation,  but  with  undiminished  spefed, 
and  ^e  hea^ong  flight  of  one  familiar  with  the" 
way,  the  ass  turned  from  the  main  road,  and  ran" 
into  this  side  road. 

The  anjuety  apd  fear  which  Bob  had  thus  far  felt 
were  trifling;^  indeed,  compared  with  the  emotions 
'that  now  sieized  upon  him.     Thus  far  he  had  not 
'  ^/elt  altogether  9Ut  ofi"  from  his  fripnds.     He  knew 
/  *''4*^®  ^'^'^  *M  tbey  were  behind  "hinvand  that  at   ■ 
th^.  worst  he-S^tild  not  be  carried  farther  thaii 
[1^.§aJerno,  and  th^t  they  wofeld  come  up  with  him; 
Skir^"^  thuB'they  would  all  bo  reunited  before 
?WlbP«t  topw'he  was  suddenly  carried  ofi"  help- 
lesvsjyfrom  the  piain  road,  and  in  a  moment  seemed 
sefvered  from  his  frietods.     Where  was  j^  going? 
When  would  the  aSs  stop?  -W^' 

BeT(5re  him  arose  thie  mountainous  coijntcy,  not  • 
many  mil©8  away,  the  declivities  in  some  places 
■  slight  aivfj  gradual^  in  other  places  abrupt.  Cul- 
tiwat|(i'%poSt  appeared  her^and  there,  and  iWhite 
yjjJi^jS^8>  and  6ld:  castles.  It  was  not,  however,  an 
JEnnting,  fiwi^tyy,  and  tho  n»ar^r  ho  drew  lo  it  tho 
le^lieOiked/k.    ""  '  ^"^^^ 


•■ai. 


V 


m 


-,  ^e  road  hero  was  n?)|.86^broad, 

h.,W  moo^,  and  eSly  as  tfte  one  l^e  had^  just^e^, 
t    j%t  ^as  Mkfrow  ifcd  ipugh.    At  Jeligth  h^.  reached   ' 


f::: 


"^/  t'CT^'**' 


M. 


/ 


78 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


began  tTJJt  'IZ^'^Cl  ""'  ^^  "- 

f  eeper,  and  decided  ^ r™teV   ^ J'"'"""'"'' 

™«<l,.to  his  immense Vl™/  ,";  i"*^  "'"'  ^^''^ 

l«»t  beginning  to  tell  „,,„„ 'tf  !         P"''"'  "'''  "^ 

*'•«  fiery  a„Ll     wLh'  he   t   "?''  "'""^^  "«■ 

could  not  keep  „ps„e,  an  ,  ,'"'''^''-     "^''"a^B 

.     -ountai'n.     olJSy,TlT^;^^T''n,  the 

Bob  at  length  began  to  look  abo.t  ^     ''""''^'   ™* 
wl>«.-e  he  could  jump  "'"  '^'^  "  '^''ft  P'ace, 

«.ke :  pi'tr/tir  rnt™"^^^'^*  '-^^^ 

tlie  hill  rose,  wooded  i,rr'T     ^^  '^"«  ««« 

-ok,,  „a„e'on  tic  S  it^trd"  "''^^' 

for  about  thirty  feet-  „!,»  '''""  ^'^ep 

.   b-wled,  and  dashed  'olr^  "r  "Tf ""  '<'^'-^»' 

about. here  that  the  ass  si.    k       V',"^"^'    ^' ""^ 

here  it  was  i,„p„,"r- P  f'""  '"«  ^ffok  ;  but  just 

.  I'.'-kiug  .„„/:r! "  b ,  r 'nir ""'  "'^■"^-  °'- 

1'"te  desperate  enough  to  l,,  """  ""'  y"' 

As  the  road  went  t„    b,       ,  "f '  "  "^^  "'  *"at. 

.Narrower  and  steeper    o'r*^'  ""  P"^"' ■■' S^ew 

™ges,and  only  mfor\r'v 'I,  ""''""'''"'  '"'  ^"'- 
Tbe  farther  on  [t  wet  I  "f  ""  '""'"'''"■  ^o'- 
beean,e,and.it  weiro'^  tSr:^  ^ ^^  *^ 
bouses  appeared/except  at  *  '^""''ng. -No 

those  which  ,Jid  tfas-annear  If  !"^  •^'"''"'««'  "'"' 


deep 


^opttratod"^ 


,  .      ""'   bave   easdy   d.stnounteU  froa,   the 


iievfp,f*'^'X'>^'  if," 


AMONG   THE  MOUXTAINS. 


; 


79 


donkey  now;  but  he  hesitated.     He  thought  with 
8ome  <ii8may  upon  the  distance  that  lay  between 
Mm  and   the  main   road.    He   thought  thkt   his 
friends  mus^have  passed  beyond  the  place  where 
he  turned  otf,  and  that  if  he  did  go  back  he  could 
not  hope  to  meet  them.     Besides,  to  go^o  long  a 
distance  ori  foot  Wi^s  too  formidable  a  task  just  now. 
He  hoped  that  the  ass^ihad  some  aim  indirectiiig' 
his  course  here,  and  that  ho  wag  seeking  hfs  home: 
Perhaps^  that  home  was  plose  by.     Perhaps  it  was 
seme  village  in  the  mountains.     If  so,  he  might  be 
able  toobtaip  a  mount  for  Salerno,  and  still  re.ack' 
that  place  before  night  was  over. 

He  hoped  thus  to  find  help -to  get  a  horse^or  " 
an  ass,  and  also  something  to  eat,  an(]  ^hus  set  • 
forth  for  Salerno.     As  the  road  wound  on,  anA  as 
he  traversed  it,  he  looked  eagerly  at  every  plcQect-  . 
mg  cliff  before  him;  and  as  he  rounded  kch  pre 
jection  he  still  looked  forward  eagerly  in  seat^h  of- 
the   place,  whetii^r   house  or  vilhi^^e,  wh^no   ho  ' 
might  obtain  the  help  of  which  ho  stood  in  need  ^' 
But  the  road  continued  lonely.    He 'saw  no  hou.ses 
no  villages,  in  its  vicinity.     He  mvl  with  no  tiving 
things,  wh^ether  men  or  cattle.    It  Was  the  loneliest 
path  he  had  ever  traversed. 

^t  last   he  rounded  a/projecting  l^pur  of  the,' 
mountain;  and  here  he  beheld  a  sceno  which  was 
JiK^ie  pioiuising.'    A./.t4e.distaiice  off  there  was  a 
bridge,  which  Crossed"  the  toir<3nt     Beyond  t^is 
the  mounttrins  ^lo|)od  away  in  ap-^easy  do(;lfvity,v  • 


'A' 


->i;«t'- 


wi 


vt 


g^Vuu)yy,^,^.,, 


-<u. 


m 


I 


(AMUNO  the  BBIffANDg. 


'^here'ippeared  several  Jionses    o„.i,     ^ 

of  the  bridee  worn  t»     "oases.    On  the  other  side 

take  t  i^to  Ws  St  '^\^"»'gbi  once  more 
•»he  animal's  b*  k  a^j  !  T^'  "*  """o  ''^»P«d  off 
The  *ss,  freed  frn°   V      "''  '°"*^'''  ">«  bridge. 

,     trottiiiff  over  thp  ht.?rf  ,    ^®  *^^  *^^e   ass 

;    :*«ey  Sliced  a^ots-^au'r^     o"  '"™'  ^"^ 
.      then  heldhim  and  th,    ,1.^     ^        One  of  them 

■:^.Asthe,at.";a^t:^:b::^^^^^^^^^^ 

8hi.t,„Mcrwasnn    '"■''^L''»"on8,  a  red  flannel 

«  felt  hat  was  onXl:;  oT  l  'S^'Th^ 
Jar  he  was  simnJv  ^h^  ^       x  neaa.     iijug 

other  peasai'^n'.  fil;™"t7:f  °^  hundreds  «f 
•herds,  drover?  .W^^C,  1       T'''-'''"'^- 

encountered  d^rin^  h     d  Ivt   'Z     '"  '"  ""^ 
;  Portant  rcpect  h.  las  diffeL^t.      "'  '"  °"^  *"■ 
"e  had  a  gunjK,  his  hand. 

fpon  Bob.     And  as  t^tfl,..'^     °""^  '""f*'*'"" 

ver,  ^tnrai  suspicion  Z  Z^,' ^  s^^^.Z' 
Itsabngandi;hethou,ht,    -g-mMrf 


■/  -,. 


,<..*;C   ;  N  ^,SA 


V '^  ' 


''Jw* 


r->K  frx^i  ^-A-^-^-^  1 


.^\ 


THE  LURKING-PLACE  OP  THE  BRIGANDS.    81  ^• 


CHAPTER  m 


TheLurkmg^lace  of  the  Brigands.  -  The  captive  bJL 
The  htdeous  Household.^  The  horrible  old  Ha J^^ The 
slattern  Woman.  -  The  dirty  Children.  -  The%  cjol 
and  the  evil  Eye,  -  I^spondency  i,/  Bob  -IseZZ 

X;'^~^^^-~fn.prisonedL^l^tdJst^ 
Outlook  into  the.Night  from  the  Prison  Windowl^      ^ 

BRIGAND  I   .  ) 

■Such  waMhe  appalling  thought  that  ^ 
^  ^c|me  to  thf  mind  of  Bob,  as  the  Miau 
advanced  towards  him.  As  he  c^e  closeifhis 
face  beqamiB  more-distinctly  revealed.  It  was  not 
a  face  which  reassured  him.  Heavy,  shaggy  black 
eyebrows,  from  beneaUi  which  gleamed  black  and 
fiery  eyes,  a  ^kin  frowned  by  tl»e  hot,  Italian  sun  ' 
ana  white  teeth,  that  glikened  from  behind  a  vLt  ■ 
maUed  mass  of  tengled,  beard  ^nd  moustaohe.-S.' -  ^- 

sud,  w^  th^  face  that  appeared.  ^It.  seemedO^^^^^ 
evrf  and  sihister  face >-a  f^ce  that  revealed^       ^ 
crue  and  treachei^us  soul.  .  No  wonder  that  Bob^s  .    "  ' 
W  sank  w  thin  him  ashe  saw  \.lrr...^.-..^,^^^.       > 
by  one  like  this.  "■  -  — "^"Jnon  r  nniromoa    • 

^  The  Itelian  stood  looking  at  him  with  sharp  and  ' 
close  scmtmy^    Then  he„  said  sometlimg.      ^ 

•V     . '   ' 

i  \  '■  '  *    '     ^     .  ■-'  t 


''f4- 


*r,' 


82 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


■'^ 


•■ '    ,J,i-  .,  ""t  """Jofstond  him,  and  tried  to  ex, 

P^a«  by  s,g„s  thai  he  had  lost  hi,  way,  and  that 
the  donkey  had  run  away  with  hiai.  He  also 
poimed  a  himseit;  and  said,  "  Amerienno,'-  and 

Zr^u'^.  ^J""^  '"  *•>«  direction  of  the  riit  up 
which  he  had  come,  and  said,  "  Salerno."  ThS  was 
very  weU  for  Boo,  especially  when  his  anxiety  of 
•nindie  taken  into  account,  and  his  iigns  seemed 

fu  Iv 'f  Hr,,*'  "^"»"-     ^«  '"<""=''  »*  Bol-  -'e 

lZh\       ''PP^'-f '  '"'"'=''  ^'*'''fi'"'  l"-™,  after 
which  he  motioned  to  him  to  follow,  ^a„d  walked 

back  towards  the  bridge.    Bob's  first'  impuL  was 

to  rush  away,  and  run  as  fast  as  his  legs  could 

carry  him;  but  the  thought  of  the  Italifn's  gun  • 

'  "kecked  the  impulse,  and  he  followed.  ^ 

^  Meanwhile   the  _other  brigand,  who  had  caught 

the  ass,  stood  stroking  it  and  examining  it.    The 

ammal  seemed   perfectly  quiet  and  docile,  alto- 

gather  a  changed  animal,  different  far  from  tha^ 

■^L^^'^y  ^  '»™  «°''  «way  from  all  h^ 
.friends,  and  thrown  him  here  among  these  dread 

.^sociates.  This  other  man  h^  ve'ry  Jch "  e 
same  general  appearance  as  the  first  one.  His 
bearf  was  reddish,  and  »is  eyes'were  smaller,  the 

Bob  thought,  and  though  he  had  no  gun,  yet  he 


PODe  tbeJcsg  foi-HHikt^ 


«!'"•  o™  fl  """''  **^'?S  together  for.  some 
.too.    One  of  thj,m  seemed  to  be  narrating  to  the 


,,  --,-s 


#'.' 


CftW< 


-M^ji 


THE  CAPTIVE  BOY. 


83 


ncano,"  and. 


other  Bob's  accouS  of  himself,  as  he  -had  under, 
stood  .t  from  tl»  signs  that  had  been  made.,  AftTr 
th,s  they  seemed  to  be  discussing  the  subject  of 
Bob  a^d  the  ass,  for  they  looked  at  him  and  at  thi 
ammal  from  fme  to  time. during  their  converst 
■toon.  At  te„gth-41,ey  seemed  to  have  made  Z 
the.r  mmds  about  the.  subject,  for' they  sttoned 
talkmg,  and  moUoning  Bobto  folio*,  twtdkel 
away,  leading  th9  ass  with  them  «7  "»"=«<« 

llv'^fnT.''  '*T^  ™P"'™  ™««  in  Bob's  mind  t\ 
Mm  HeT"  /  '^T'*  °^  """"S  «•'«*  at  prfeveated^ 
i"<n.     He  therefore  followed  as  before. 

There  was  in  this  place  a  ci^ular  sweep  of  hills 
enclo^ng  a  valley,  through  which  the  brook  r^ 

ZZ"!  r"'^  '  '"''«<''  '''^  ™^d  wou^d  along  a 
gentle  decbv.ty,  arid  net  very  far  away  were  one 

"ucrd  rT;    O"*"?  "-esewas'two  s'^orie    high 
raneh  dilapidated,  and  looked  as  though  it  might 

sTt  iZ  T  ":■•"*«"'".»'■  -meth%g„f  C 
r;w  V  r  ;°  :  "^^^  °'  "'«  torrent^nd  the 
STelL  to  r^'  ""'  ""''•     ''•'«  "«>-  build.  , 

re,^;  7^  ^™''y  '^^''""'y  ^Pi-ead  ajB^-till  it 

fist     V  f '"P''  """"'''  ""d  here  <SZa 
forest  which  cbvered  the  m„untain.sides.        ^   . 

A7f:^rr^^'"":;^--'f''rM.capto.. 

play,  inlC         etrrV^^''"'^^^ 
oaiiM  n„.  <•  II      "'""'JP'^-^a}-    boon  an  old  woman 
came  out,  followed  by  another,  who  was  younger      ^ 
The  old  woman  was  a  hideous  old  crone.    Her 


i^ki£i: 


■^.. 


:,.A. 


1    I 


"T-  r^i      »      »'«n> 


84 


AMONG  THE  '  BRIGANDS. 


hair  was   a  matted   gray  mass,  her   teethywere 
gcjne,  and  her  face  was  pinched,  and  so  seamed 
With  wrinkles,   that   she   looked  as   though   she 
might  be  over  a  hundred  years  old.     The  other 
woman  was  very  dirty  and  slatternlv.     She  had  a 
dirty  baby,  in  her  arms  ;  her  hair  was  in  disorder, 
her  face  was  greasy  and  smouched^  and  a  filthy 
cloth,  which  might  oncerhave  been  white,  was  on 
ber  head.     The  women  and  children  were  all  bare- 
foot.    As.  Boh  approached,  they  all  stared  at  him 
with  the  most  intense  curiosity ;  the  two.  women 
stood  still  and  stared ;  tl^p  children  stopped  their 
play  and  stared;  and. there  wftTsomethint  in  the 
glow  and  glitter  of  all  these  fiery,  black,  Italian' 
eyes  which  seemed  horrible  to  poor  Bob,  and  made 
his  flesh  fairly  creep.  > 

The  men  then  began  to  tiJk  to  the  women,  evi- 
dently explaining  about  Bpb  and  the  as^;  and  as 
they  talked  the  eyes  of  all  of  them  wer^  mQ*t-# 
the  time  fixed  upon  these  two.     As  for  I  the  chil- 
dren, they  glared  for  a  time  with  very  evil  looking 
feces  at  Bob;  but  at  length  the  ass  seemed  to 
^er  superior  attraction^  to  them,  for  they  made  a 
rksh  at  it,  climbed  on  its  back,  pulled  at  its  ears 
and  t^il,  and  tormented  it  in  various  ways.  Strange 
to  say,  this  animal,  that  had  punished  poor  Bob's 
little   trick   so^feal-fully,   sh^ed  1»o   resentment 
whatever  atius  present  troat'mcnt,^4rt-fc>fwd  theie 


no  longer  the  fiery  .wild  ass,  but  the  very  living ' 
ima^  of  a  patieni  donkey. 


ujii  .^i 


-il» 


i  ■ 


bob's  despondency.. 


-<N 


85 


Bob  stood  there  looking  upon  the  seen;  with  Ilia 
heart  s.nli.ng  within  him,  yet   by  no  means  de- 
spa-nng.    He  had  too  high  a  spirit  and  too  stout  a 
heart  to  g,ve  up  so  soon ;  and  as  he  stood  there,  in 
the  power  of  this  evil  company,  he  turned  over  in 
his  mmd  a  hundred  different  modes  of  escape.'lf  ' 
he  c<A.ldonoe  effect  his  escape  from  these  people,* 
he  might  easdy  go  back  by  the  mountain   path 
.  Bu   how  could  he  escape?    That  was  the  difficulty. 
Ihus  far  to  his  amazement,  they  had  not  inflicted 
any  cruelty  upen  him;  nor  had  they  tied  his  hai,ds: 
but  that  was,  no  doubt,  owing  to  their  contemp    ' 
for  Inm,  and  their  conviction  that  he  would  not 
venture  to  fly.    All  that  Bob  had  ever  hegd,  about 
the  manners  and  customs  of  Italian  briga  now 
came  to  hw  mind -how  thfey.detain'thftr  pri«oI 
ers  subject  to  a  ..nfcm,  treating  them^weU  erfough 
until  the  raasom  comes,  b^t  if  it  faii<'then  inflict, 
ing  upon  tkem-  the  most" horrible  crWes.    To, 
hou'hi^°T  *'"""'  °*'^'*'  *"*  they  intended  to  ^' 

wi,  wrrnJ-T"'  ""''  ****•>«>■  «'°«W  treat, 
him  well  tiirhe  shoUId  be  freed.    As  he  felt  oo.v  ■ 
tain  abou«  obtaining  hi,  VanSom,  he  begiffijfijl    ' 
less^nxious,  and  his  bold  and  enterprisKrrt 

brtrbSr'^°-'^^^^'^-'^"^'''S 


.unJ?'?>..  °°°  "'' .^"""""A'  '^^ftt  Jli?.  and  tte 


younger  of  the  wxjnien  wetit  into  t.i 
brigand  with  the  gun  remained,  ^n 
UUle  whUe  with  the  old'wbman.    II 


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''  'I 


86 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


to  Bob,  by  the  ^nces  which  they  threw  af  ^•'^ 
that  he, was  the  subject  nf  *h.-  *'"^' 

him  the  old  woman  wat  by  fa    tV?t"°'  '^^ 
of  the  whole  crowd      T^  1.     ^^^  «bnoxipus 

fty,impishchi,dVe„;thItS 

■Dad  enoue-h-  hut  fi/    u     ^  "^®'     *"  "lese  were 

his  .-ma^iStio'"'  T  :"'„::"::■  r '"  -""^  *° 

^  in  the  i„„u„,erab.e  wri^^  of  ht^eXXr'' 

m  b.r  toothless  jaws,  something  so  u^cajvfh''; 

he  almost  shuddemil      <5i,„         •    ■    .  """"""y  'hat 

^uaaered.    She  reminded  him  of  some 

itches  of  whom  he  had  read,  who  Z 

Ijore  superstitious  ages,  were  supposed 

Ny  sustamed  sueh  a  supposition.    To  " 

and  if  she  hi?:.  17^'"'  "^''«^  »^  "  ™tch; 
straddled  a  broomt.^tVnTfl  '"'  1"  r""^^"  '"'*■ 
ai.  it  would  seare:t1rsutr±t°"^''  '"« 

n.at^XrBr^Th'^"'^'-^'^-'''- 
voluntarily  shrank  h..^  .  *''P''°*"''  ^''''  '"■ 
hagfl^ced  her  small  tl  "  '*'P  ""  *""-  "fhe  old 
With'  Lr  toothr  '^  '^'"  "■'  •"■'"'  ""■"hied 

i-oii\|ey  a  general  assurance  of  gafetV    >n.  *u-   u 
^aa,  Drenarftr?  q,-«^^  l-      '^  "^  »«*iecy.     for  this  he 
as,  prepared,  emce  his  mind  was  now  fixed  upon 


jtikHtiii-^,  -fr^^* 


Xit 


/''^^ 


-4*. 


THE  OLD'  HAG/ 


87 


the   ideaUhat  he  would  be  kept  for  a  ransom. 
Then  the  old  woman  came  nearer,-  and  piltip  ol 
her  thin,  bony,  shrivelled  hands  on  his  skoul^er 
The  touch  was.  like  the  touch  of  a  skeleton,  and 
suggested  horrible  thoughts  to  poor  Bob:    A  thrill- 
of  disgust  and  terror  shot  through  him;  but  >» 
stood'it,  for  he  did  not  like  to  show  his  disgust,  for 
fear  of  offending  his  hideous'  companion.    The  old 
woman,  then  standing  b^bre  hini  with  her  hand  on 
his  -shoulder,  looked  at   him  for  a  long  time  in 
silence.    Bob  looked  back  at  her,  and  it  seemed  to 
him  that  he  had  never  seen,  in  all  his  life,  s^ch  a 
hideous  face.    The  wrinkles  were  now  more  plain- 
ly visible,  the  jaws  seemed  to  be  more  retreating 
the  cheeks  were  sunken,  ibe  cheek-bones  project-  ' 
mg,  the  eyes,  small  and  weak,  showed  tears  that 
slowly  trickled  down. 

Suddenly  the  old  hag  gave  a 'low  groan,  which 
Bob  attributed  to  some  pain  or  cpth^,  and  turned 
away.  He  noticed  that  she  wab  trembling,  and 
thQ^ght  it  was  the  weakness  of  het  extreme  old 
age.  He  was  puzzled  by  these  movemei^  of  hers, 
and  felt  sure  that  the/ meant  no  good.  After  a 
fe.w  mmuted  she  turned  agaioj  and  beckoned  to 
him  to  follow.  She  led  the^way  into  the  house. 
On  reaching  the  door  Bob  hesitated,  and  stood 
without  lool^iDg  in.    He  saw  a  l^r^^  »pnr.f^p„t 


occupying  aU  the  lower  story  of  the  old  mill,  with/^ 
some  rude  seats  androu^h  beds.    A  long  ladda^ 
led  up  to  the  upper  story.    The  old  woman  b^ck- 


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AMONG  THE  BRIOINDS^ 


reiuee.    So  ie  went «.    She  then  brouirht  fcrth 

tmered  hun.    Bob  was  ravenously  hungry:  bnt  at 
that  moment  an  idea  came  to  him-f  s^p.cion 

ve.y  singular   behavior  of  the  old  crone.    The 

th«  M     KT".T  '"'*  »*  »»  ■"■»  »ccordroe  with 
tte  dea  that  thej^were  keeping  him  for  a  ^2 

Wrth  7d  harLlf  "th'\:^°"  '''^• 
Bob  went  out  again  ^  ""^  '^"'^'  ""*'•  ""<> 

-tone  in  front  of  Z-ho^V^c:  Tde  7^' 
doorway  and  looked  aU  a^^ni    ^e  m  „!' 
»™.6  ttere,  nsmg  first  gently  in  an  easy  ^oh>%/ 
and  then  sweepmg  up  with  a  greater  incli^ 

ZTtJ     f^  *"«<•    OTfte  left  he  could  „« 
the  bndgedver  which  th.  ro«l  passed  -  t^rZ    ' 


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ESCAPE  CONTEMPLATED. 


89^ 


^  that  led  to  safety.  Could  he  but  escape  foj  a  fei^ 
I"  moments  from  the  eyes  of  his  jailers,  jMPinight 
be  saved.  Aud  why  not?  Two  women,  and  eoto© 
dirty  children— why  should  he  care  for  such 
gnards^aft^ these  ?  One  rush,  one  leap,  and  he 
wouia^free.  Willingly  would  he*  walk  all  the 
way  to  Salerno.  Anything  would  be  welcome 
after  such  a  captivity  as  this. 

But 'Bob  was  doomed  to  disappointment;  for 
just  as  he  had  made  up  his  mind  to  fly,  just  as  he 
was  looking  allaround  to  see  if  the  coast  was  dear, 
he  saw,  to  his  deep  distress,  the  two  brigands  ap- 
proaching from  the  outhouse.  They  were  carrying 
something  which,  on  nearer  approach,  turned  out 
to  be  a  sheep,  which  they  had  just  killed.  Of 
course  all  thoughts  of  flight  now  departed,  and 
Pob  could  only  deplore  his  own  stupidity  in  allow- 
ing that  one  chance  of  escape  to  pass  away.  -^,  ^,*  , 
After  this  they  began  to  boil  portions  of'& 
sheep  in  a  pot ;  and  soon  the  savory  odor  of  a  stew 
filled  the  room,  and  came  to  Bob's  nostrils.  As  he 
was  half  starving,  the  delicious  odor  excited  the 
utmost  longing  to  taste  it,  and  he  at  once  began  to 
feel  rather  satisfied  that  he  had  not  fled.  He  felt 
that  a  flight  alter  dinner  would  be  far  better.  In 
due  time«.thy  dinner  was  ready.  It  was  a  stew,— 
mutton,  wi^  vegetables,  cooked  deliciously,  —  and 
Bob's  hunger  ^wa»-w  great  tfaat"if  Hriiad  beeu 
worse  Qooked  it  would  have  been  a  banquet.  He 
had  no  fears  of  poi8<;ai,  no  suspicions  of  drugging, 


■:''>^^'J^r^fii^>!ik 


y-f^ 


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90 


AMONG   THE  BRIGANDS. 


ternly  wo„,a;,,and     .fdl  7-,f  '"■«'  'M  slat 

«as  poured  out  into  a  l,^"f     '!^''^"-    '^'""^^^^ 

«-<.  no  plates,  but  dipieXr.t"  f «-'  «-r 

sight  awakened  a  litn.  h;  ■    ""'  ^"S""^-   The 

too  Uungry  ,o  be    1  o,*  5,"     '."  f"'^ '  ""'' '-  -as 

picking,  out  variouri"!-  'I,     rr^^'^"'''''  '" 

touehodbythedirtywLnf  ''"''  ■""• ''«'^'' 

During  the   ronL  P  '  oompanion.,. 

furtive  glanees  met  his  JtT  ,'  ""'  ""''  "'C''"- 

tl'om.     The    old    voman^C'"""^<'--''«t>"„ed 
devour  hi,„  ,vith  alreedvL  ''""""'    '» 

tbat  wa,  very  horrible       i     "^  ""■f  ^'"^' 
and  Bob's  appetite  was  sorae-wf  Jfc  Tf  ^""^"^ 
horror  that  he   found   inT   '"""''"^  '^>'  "'« 
"nable.to   have    that  free  t°' '^'''',  """^  ''«  "'»'' 

-wehh  i^htoth:r:i::,!l7e;:^■"■^--' 
^opiltn':t^c;;:fo;::t.r'^r'-*^••''«'- 
>>'issed  before.   The  dlrtv  n  M  ^  ^  "'""''  ''«  '""1  ' 

too.  The  two  brtend  \  "'^T  "'^''t  °"t»'<'o 
themselves  with  vS",  "T'^'  ""''  occupied 
from  such  surn^undinrVH'^^"''"'™'"  ^-«Pc 
At  length  one  of  thl  f  ^^  "■'''  ™P"ssible. 
and  ro°de  aZ/so^  hf  ""^  T""*^"  *"«  "-'■ 
come.  This  cLumsU  ::l'i'  :"'"!'  '"  "'"'. 
_B<^^first,  but  aftcrw^,.i.  I.    I     suspicious  to 


/f 


IMPRISONMENT. 


91 


''^ike  of  tlip 
ag,  tliQ  slat 
'i'ho  j  stew 
'atter;  they 
ngers.    The 

but  he  Was 
cceeded  in 
i  not-  been 
in  ions. 
^  thej  all 

and  their 
lie  turned 
eomed    to 
t  of  gaze, 
'■'sh   look,., 
^d  by  the 
'  be  was 
»e  repast 

outside, 
^  he  had    ' 

outside 
>Qciipied 

Escape 
Jossibie. 
tbe  asa,' 
he  had 
ious   to* 


f^^  per- 
orn. 


After  this,  darkness  came  on  so  suddenly  that  he 
was  amazed.  He  had  already  noticed  that  the 
twilight  in  Italy  was  vevy  much  less  than  that  to 
which  he  had  been  accustomed  at  home,  but  had 
never  been  so  impressed  by  it  as  now.  There' 
seemed  but  a  minute  between  day  and  night.  It 
was  quite  bright,  and  then  in  a  wonderfully  short 
time  it  became  dark. 

Upon  this  they  all  entered  the  house.  Bob  had 
to  go  with  the  rest.  The  room  was  feebly  ik 
luminated  by  a  small  oil  lamp.  Bob  noticed  tlmt 
thtey  fastened  the  door  with  a  huge  chain.  The 
fastening  of  that  Boor  was  ominous  to  him,  and 
the  ijlanking  of  that  chain  smote  him  to  the 
heart,"  and  echoed  drearily  within  his  soul.  It 
seemed  to  him  now  likq  real  imprisonment,  shut 
in  here  with  chains  and  bars,  within  this  stone 
priijon: 

Soon  they  all  prepared  to  retire  ;  and  the  brigand 
wh§^^d  first  met  Bob  beckoned  to  him,  and 
jtaki|^the  lamp,  climbed  the  ladder  to  the  upper 
story.  Bob  followed  him.  The  upper  story  was 
about  eighteen  feet  above  the  lower  one.  On 
reaching  it.  Bob  savv  that,  it  was  all  one  apartment. 
There  was  no  bed  here,  or  bedding,  or  furniture 
of  any  description  whatever.  Sheep-skins  hung 
ffom  the  rafters,  and  dried  mutton,  and  some 
^?egetable&.  I«^  ©ne^  eorner  was  a^ptie/of  straw.-- 


To  this  the  brigand  pointed,  and  Bob  went  over 
there.     He  understood  that  he  waa  to  pass  the 


A 


-IT" 


92 


AMONG  THE  BRIGAiqJs. 


night  on  this  pile  cfafrnxxr     n    ^  id 

an  arouod  as^he'  s t*;;."^":^^''^^"'^"'' 
.      saw  the  liirther  end  nf  ,<  ^  ^^  ^'''H    He 

he  saw  the    artis   ,       •°'""  '"  '^''''^  ^^^owb; 
.  He  noticed,  also    ttt  7^"^   '""^  ">«  'fft''^^ 
«-  in  front  and't  e    t    .Tn  T  '"»  ''"^"o-- 
Windows  there  were  no  sas  es      rr"    '"/""^^ 

-S:edttr;„:^tir '"r  '^■"o"  ^-"^ 

«aid  the  same  in  eS,     T  '   k    '  ^"'^  *'""'^ 

and  then  deseendedt    U  !  ^T"'  ^"■""^'^' 
with  him.  ''^'^'  'a'^'og  the  lamp 

tia'boofs/r  t::;  t,':V'^' "'  ^^^ "-  *^^«  -"^ 

to  the  front  window  it  ^  '™^  "'""^  «'«  wall 
'■naide  and  o„  .tj'  LV  n^?:, -"'^""'^ ''"^'^ 
ble.  Beaching  the'wi'tw fp  '".^  T/'^'" 
and  looked  down  R«  .  m  ^  ^  ^®*^  0"t 
was  the  .er,  .^^J:  o^tCs^Tt  .^" 
^P  to  the  sky.     AH  ih^.^     ™iRness.     He  looked 

UA       1  iooked   down   ae-ain      if  i, 

weK  sheetrh::e  ^r'i  ^'^^rt"'"^;,  '''''' 
coujj  n\  make  a  rope  ou  „f  «  !  *°^'"'"''  ''« 
enouU  t\bear  his  weiZ  "^  ''"""^  'tronj 

T         -^ougut  of,  for  he  knew  very  well  that 


^^■ 


■J^ 


DESPAIR   OF  BOB. 


93 


ore  Bob1;j,olced 
he  Btrawj    He 
lark  shadows; 
a  the   rifters; 
two  wiijdows, 
'ar.     In/tlwse 
ey  wer^  open 
ced   to  show 

:  which  Bob 
'  very  biviUy 
md  grinned, 
Dg  the  lamp 

s  to  take  off 
^S  the  wall 
tensely  dark 
?  Was  visi- 
is  head  out 
thing.  AH 
He  looked 
38  also  and 
n'n.  If  he 
I,  he  could 
'g.  There 
rether;  he 
aw  strong 
down  waa 


well  that 


at  least    twenty  feet    separated    him  from    the 
'  ground.  ; 

He  turned  away  from  the  window  in  despair, 
and  groping  his  way  back  to  his  rud»  bed,  he  sat 
upon  the  straw,  and  gave  himself  up  t6  his  gloomr^ 
and  despondent  thoughts.  '  • 


^ 


/  A  ■ 


V 


X. 


>j' 


> 


.  A.;-,  -.kMi 


94 


AMONG   THE  BRIGANDS. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

The  wom-out  Captive.  -  IJ.kt  Slumbers.  -  Fearful  Wa- 

ror.  -  The  lone  Boy  confronted  by  his  Enemy.-  The 
\"»SryEyes.  ~  Is  it  real,  or  a  Nightmare  ?  -The  si 
preme  Moment.        ^  ^nesur 

t         ■ 
^>pHE_  darkness  of  the  night  and  the  impossi- 
M,     hihty  of  escape  filled   Bob   with  tl^e  most 
*       gloomy  and  distressing  thoughts,  which  at 
hrst  quite  overotime  him.     But  at  length   other 
thoughts  came,  which  were   of  a  less  distressing 
character.     His  mind  once  more  reverted  to  the 
Idea  that  he  was  Iield  for  ransom,  and  that  for  the 
present,  at  least,  he  was  m  safety ;  and  notoritv 
BO    but  well  ca^ed  for.     These  people   certainly 
had  given  him  of  their  best.     They  had  made  him 
Share  at  the  common  meal,  and  though  this  bed  of 
.  straw  was  not  very  elegant,  it  was  at  least  com-   ' 
Portable,  and  was  no  worse  than  they  themselves 
used  to  sleep  upon. 

He   flung   himself  down   upon   the    straw,  and 

^undthat  it  was  a  soft  ^and  a  refreshing  couch. 

^tJeWer^ was  this  fresh  straw  than  apy  formal 

bed  could  have  been,  for  in  such  a  hou^4  as  that  a 


m' 


THE  WORN-OUT  CAPTIVE. 


95 


maitress  or  a  bed  would  certainly  have  been  some 
liideotis  things  as  dirty,  as  greasy,  and  as  squalid 
as  the  people  of  the  iiouso.  On  the  whole.  Bob 
was  i)leased'^vith  his  bod  of  straw,  and  with  its 
clean,  fresh  smell. 

I^scape  being  thus  cut  off  for  the  present,  Bob's 
frame  of  mind  groAV  more  placid.  As  lonj>  as  ho 
entertained  the  idea  of  immediate  flight,  his  mind 
was  constantly  on  the  strain;  but  now,  when  that 
idea  had  been  dismissed,  he  grew  calmer,  and 
thought  oveAihis  circumstances  with  more  deliber- 
ation. |Ie  remembered  that  one  of  the  brigands 
had  alr^^ady  gone  away,  and,  as  he  supposed,  to  .Sa- 
lerno. 'If  so,  he  would,  no  doubt,  either  see  his 
friends,  or  at  least  hear  from  them,  some  time  on 
the  following  day. 

The  more  he  considered  his  situittion,  the  more* 
free  from  all  immediate  danger  did  it  seem,  and 
the  more  did  his  hopes  increase.  He  looked  for- 
ward with  eager  hope  to  the  following  day.  ,TJiat 
would,  without  doubt,  bring  him  news  of  his  friends, 
or,^  perhaps,  restore  him  to  liberty.  Under  the 
pleasant  influence  of  thoughts  like  these,  his  mind 
grew  more  calm  and  cheerful  every  moment,  and 
passed  into  a  state  of  tranquil  contentment.  Be- 
sides,  he  was  tired,  and  his  weariness  brought  on. 
drowsiness.  As  long  as  his  excitement  lasted,  he 
could  not  feel  the  drowsiness  ^.  but  now,  as  calm-- 


ness  returned,  the   weariness  and  sleephiess  be- 
came stronger,  and  by  degrees  overpowered  him. 


96 


AMONG   THE  BniOANDS. 


Gradoally  the  thoughts  of  his  mind  becmo  in 
™,ngled  w,th  the  fancies  of  dreams,  and  b  !m  d 

evLi:  '"c  t::  "nf .  '^r  ^°""' ""»'- 

asWn      Af   ,    '"    "^f"'^-     ^he   famiJj  seemed  all 
His    8leep   was  not  heavy      Mnn^r  ♦!>;« 

«ven  „  that  slumber  of  his,  and  ho  ivas  in  that 
cond,t.o„  which  is  ealled  sfeeping  with  o  e  ^e 
open.  The  fact  ,s,  the  extraordinary  exciteraeni 
onus  donkey  ride,  and  specially  of  hi,  tTad 
venture  m  thus  falling  i„,o  captivity,  had  so  rotsed 
hs  faculties,  so  affected  his  nerves  and  soZr  ' 
ened  Ins  senses,  that  even  in  his  sleep  there  s.m 
rktrrs.'''^"'""^'''-"''"-''-^"-"'^^' 

J"  ""««tate  he  remained  for  some  time,  sleenina- 

ment'b'^: ^tl       "  """'  ,^™'"«  '''''  ""^  -S 
ment  but  the  wary  soul  on  the  alert,  as  though  to 

guard  against  danger.  ^ 

ntf  r  U°"^  t"l  '^^'P  «™f»"ed,  whether  min- 
ute  or  hours  Bob  could  never  afterwards  remem- 
ber;  but  with  a  sudden  shock  through  all  hTs 
nerv«a,  he  opened  his  eyes.  Ho  was  lying,  as  he 
I.«d  flung  h.mself  on  the  straw,  on  his  back,  with 
hif  head  elevated  against  a  bundle  of  straw  „ 
juoh^away  that  le  could  see  the  lengthof  the  - 


t  - 

V  A   MYSTERIOUS  SOUITO.  *      97 

Around   him   all   M^as 'd-.i-t      Tf '    •  i.-*",- 

tell.     AlMvas  still,  outside  and  inside -tJi^  black 
no.,  of  darkness  and  the  strllnoss  of  death  . 

let  now,  in  the  midst  of  tint  i,hr.v  ^    i  \ 

and   that  deathly  stilln^.V  I  darkness 

Bight  and  a  sou.^/        "^  ■''  '^ '^^^"^^ 

It   was   a  low,  creaking  souml,  which  was  re 
peated  at  short  intervals,  accompaned  hy  a    lie  in'' 
shuffl.ng  noise.     It  sounded  in  thedirection  of  tlS 
open  ng  by  which   th..   1^1      ,  '^  "''ocnon  ot  the 

n  ss     a  S  ?.    ;;"''^^^  """^'»  •■"  tJ'^^t  de^p  dark- 
ncss     and   as    the  grating,   shufHing  sounds  sue 
ceeded  one  anothor  nf  ^       1       •  "^Mims  sue- 

■    a„d  brighter!  "'"'"'"■'S|l'  °'  ''Sl't  g™w  bdghter  _ 

As  Bub  looked  at  tliia  and  took  \t  Ml  • 
thought  can,e  to  hi.n  i„  a,.  Z^  "'  '"'  °«^   . 
^■"^dH,d,j  incoming  up  the  ladder  1      ' 
1  ho  thought  went  through  him  wi„,  a  pang. 
Somebody  was  coming  up  the  ladder  I         ^ 

What  for?       '•  ,.  .' 

to  come  uno^iervod  ^  "^  """^  ^^''"  ^'*?f 

On  waking- out  of  slee^  suddenly,' the  mind^ 


i  ■ 


-*5i»: 


98 


AMONQ  THE  SniCANDS. 


Often   confused  ;  I,„t  wl.e^,,   after  «„cl,  a.  B„,I,Ien 
aw„ken,„g,.,t  .s  confn,„,ed  l,y  «„no  l,o,-ril,le  ^e  " 

dnrcd.     So_wa8,t   will,    Bob  M  this  time.     His 
awak.„g  had  been  sudden  ^  „„^/t,,„  ,,„„„,  ,,J'^ 

Zf„'"  ■  ''°  !'''J^'="I""  "'"v  presented  itself  waB, 
that  t  ,e  Bl,„ffl,„g  „„ft,„,  ,|,„t  „,.„^^  ,.^,,^  ^        ^        . 

vas  the,  step  of;  Doon,,  -  „„.,  the  n.v.steno,,,  vis' 

tTv'""'  '"^  ^"™'''^  '"•'"  'o  nuke   him  its 

p.ey.  There  aro.se  within  lji,„  „„  aufol  „,„ici, 
pation.  ir,s  eyes  fixed  themselves  npon  the  place 
whe™  the  light  was  shining;'  all  his 'soul  aw.td,  - 
in  dreadful  expectation,  the  appearance  of  the 
mysterious  visitor,  an,]  as  the  stealthy  step  drew 
-..e..rer  an,I  nearer,  the.  excitement  grew  stronger, 
nn.l  more  painlul,  and- more  racking  •  ' 

At  length  the  figure  began  to'emerge  jbovetho 
opening.  ,    ^    ^ 

^    Bob's  <3jea  wyre  fixed  tipon  ti.e  place.        '     > 

He  saw  first  the  light.     It  emerged  above  the 
openmg-an  akl  oil-htmp  held  in  a  bony,  grisl, 
.  skinny  hand.     Then  followed  an  arm.  "  "^ ' 

,      Bob's  excitement  was  'm)w  terrible.     His  heart 
beat  witl.  wild  throbs.     Hi.  who^c  frame  sec^nfed  • 
to  v,brate  under  , that  pulsation  ^yhich  was  almost 
*ike  a  convulsion.  ■Z--  -  t 

The  arm  rose  higher !     Higher  ^till  I  '  ' 

/^was  Qoraing!  \    , 

^I^ere  ams.  a  i^tted  .hqcic  of  g^^^^,,/^^ 
llie  light  shone  down  upon  it  as  it  Va^  upheld  in. 


\t. 


-\ 


\ 


V 


-I? 


THE   APPARinON. 


99 

'.»ir  wan/red.  "lVX;r::^^ 

^t»MP«d  about  a  foot  abov.tl  „'   X     h'"^  >    ^ 
that  it  mfh     ith?''  ''«;'  ^'  «'^'''  P--U«,«o 

«"«Rl.t  Bob  out,  fastened  tbem^e/ves  ™'  '  "' 
and  seemed  to  devour  l.im  witl.  the  r  L?  T  ' 
'vas.a  hideous  eagerness  in  her  look  ^tL  J  " 
a  liorribie  fascinatiori  about  it       «     K  V[    ™'     -- 

a"  iTower  of  mm  J       i  r  n         •'^  '  s^eenas  t^  Jose 
,     puwer  or  HTgiit,  and  flills  a-victim  fn  flL  ^     ' 

Bt.o,e,so  here,  at  this  ti.e,  Bob  fdt^arl^^V:-       ^ 


s  .'."■ 


■f 


100 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


that  basilisk  glance,  and  lost  all  power  of  motion. 
He  could  not  speak.  He  tried  to  scream.  No  cry 
came  He  was  dumb  with  horror.  He  was  like 
one  m  a  nightmare  ;  'but  this  was  a'  waking 
n,ght.mare,  and  not  t|ie  fanciful  terrors  of  rfream 

But  the  horror  was  too  great  to  be  endured. 
He  closed  h.s  eyes  tight,  and  thus  shut  out  the 

But  though  he  shut  out  the  sight',  he  could  not 
Blmt  out  sound;  and  soon  he  became  aware  of 
soniethmg  which  brought  a  fresh  terror  over  his 

It  was  a  stealthy  step. 

It  was  advancing  towards  him. 

and'sTn  ?""""'' ""■'"!."«'  y^'  «t'«'dy,  and  nearer 
and  still  nearer,  came  the  awful  step  I  Bob  opened 

.  h'3  eyes,  to  assure  himself  once  more  of  the' worst 
Heope„edthembyaresistWip,pu,se. 

The  figure  was  now  half  wa^etween  the  open- 
.«g  and  the  bed.  The  old  hag  stood  now  full/r^ 
vealed.  Her  bleary  eyes  were  fixed  on  Bob.  ole 
hand  upheld  the  flickering  lamp,  and  in  the  other 
was  a  sharp  weapon. 

.  Bob  closed  his  eyes  in  an  anguish  of  horror 
He  was  dumb.  He  could  utter  no  cry.  He  eouTd 
not  move.    The  blow  was  coming.     The  destroy  r 

Waid  off  tliat  blow.     His  brain  whirled,  his  heart 
seemed  to  stop  beaming. 


of  motion, 
na.  No  cry 
e  was  like 
a  waking 
of  (fream- 

endured. 
it  out  the 

could  not 
aware  of 
r  over  his 


THE  SUPREME   MOMENT.  IQI 

There  was  a  terrible  moment  of  dumb,  motion- 
less, breathless  expectancy. 

The  old  woman  knelt  by  his  side. 

She  put  the  lamp  on  the' floor. 

Then   she   reached   out  one  of  her  long,  lean,  * 
bony    skmny    shrivelled  ^ds,  and  took  Bob  by 
the  hair  of  his  head,  whXwith  the  other   she 
raised  her  sharp  weapon.  . 


nd  nearer 
b  opened 
he  worst, 

the  open- 
fully  re- 
ob.    One 
he  other 

'  horror, 
le  could 
Bstroyer 
uiion  -fcO  " 
is  heart 


102 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

The  Cavalcade  in  Pursuit.^  Hopes  and  Fears.  —  Theories 
about  the  lost  Boy.  —  A  new  Turn  to  Affairs.  —  Explana- 
tions.  —  On  to  Salerno.  —  Inquiries.  —  Baffled.  —Fresh 
Consternation  and  Despondency.  —  The  last  Hope. 

MEANWHILE  the  party  on  donkeys  trotted 
along  the  road  after  Bob.  At  the  ex- 
clamation from  the  donkey  boy  they  had 
all  experienced  a  shock  ;  but  soon  they  recovered 
from  it,  and  the  shock  only  served  as  a  stimulus  to 
make  them  push  the  donkeys  onward  more  mpid- 
ly.  They  rode  on  for  some  time  without  making 
any  remarks,  each  one  looking  eagerly  forward  to 
see  if  Bob  might  reappear ;  but  he  had  vanished 
behind  a  turn  in  the  road,  and  as  they  advanced, 
*there  were  other  turns  to  be  encountered,  and  so 
they  were  unable  to  see  him.  This  began  to  cre- 
ate uneasiness.  At  first  they  all  had  hoped  that 
Bob  would  be  able  to  stop  the  ass,  or  that  the  an- 
imal, after  indulging  his  paces  for  a  short  time, 
would   stop  of  his  own  accord ;  but  the    farther 


Wey  went,  the  more  tliey  became  convinced  that 
this  affair  had  something  serious  in  it. 

At  length  they  reached  that  long,  straight  piece 


THE    CAVALCADE  IN  PURSUIT. 


103 


of  road  already  mentioned.  At  one  etid  of  this 
was  a  rising  ground  ;  as  they  ascended  this  and 
reached  its  summit,  they  looked  ahead,  and  there, 
far  away  before  them,  was  a  single  rider.  They 
recognized  Bob  at  once.  He  was  more  than  a  mile 
away ;  but  the  sight  of  him  filled  them  all  with 
joy,  and  they  at  once  stimulated  their  donkeys  to 
greater  exertions.  In  spite  of  the  distance  that 
intervened,  they  all  shouted  as  loud  as  they  could  ; 
but  of  course  the  distance  was  too  great,  and  their 
cries  were  lost  before  they  reached  nearly  as  far 
away  as  Bob.  In  a  short  time  he  turned  in  the 
road,  and  passed  out  of  sight. 

They  now  rode  on  for  a  Jong  time,  and  at  length 
came  to  the  road  that  led  to  the  mountains,  up 
which  Bob  had  gone.  This  road  was  not  even  no- 
ticed by  them.  They  had  passed  other  roads  o^ 
the  same  kind,  wliicli,  like  this  one,  led  to  the 
mountains,  and  attached  no  more  importance  to 
this  tlian  to  those.  In  the  minds  of  some  of  them, 
however,  these  side-roads  suggested  a  fear,  that 
Bob's  ass  might  have  turned  off  into  some  one  of 
them ;  but  of  course,  as  they  were  all  alike,  they 
could  not  conjecture  which  one  would  have  been 
taken  by  the  runaway.  As  they  rode  on,  they 
still  looked  ahead.  At  every  turn  in  the  road  they 
still  expected  to  see  the  fugitive ;  and  it  was  not 
»fltil4fee  donkey s  themselves  gaveHMgna  of  fatigufey- 
that  they  were  willing  to  slacken  their  pace.  '  But 
the   nature  of  these  dpnkeya  was,  after  all,  but 


/ 


} 


"fr 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


'  ?jp,;  ^gffr^K- 


^iheir  pace  to  a t'^  ''""' ""'  ^°  '"^^  ^<"=«-<' 

,f  Bob  ^i^it  ti':f;!o  Jr;  "^' 

lived  is  simply  absurd     Tf^m  \-  u  ""  «''®'' 

"It  seems  to  me."  said    D^^riA 
-jry  thoughtful  and  obse^iTb.;^"--: « it  7   " 
to  me  that  the  donkey  may  have^Lr  '''"° 

etraight  ahead  along  the  foS  .1 '.  t    '  "'"' '"'"" 
before  him."  '  happens  to  be 

Baid'Dl;i:'«td''I„"rt'^''"^.«'«  mountains-.    ■ 
bfanning'h„re^;       *'"'"^^'  "'-'""''  "-«'> 

"I  don't  believe  that,"  said  Prank.    « I  hold  f  h.t 
Jagniros  some  ttini..,4rf^fe."'^  -   .V       ^qold  that_^ 


<\ 


iiiy^'fl^rf  O,  i^    . . 


i,f  -"-.a^fJ 


HOPES  AND  PEARS. 


f' 


:    105 

"  Not  if  a  by-road  leads  to  his  l^me." 

pZum  ?"^''  ""^     ^^^  ^^  '^'^^.^"^^^  *^^^^  ^««' 

«  EasHy  enough,"  said  David.    « I  dare  sav  they 

Xh^::^'^"^^"^*'^^Vti-weca„,eu^ 

"Yes,"  «aid  Frank ;  "  but,  unfortunately,  we" 
couldn't  understand  aH  of  it." 
David  heaved  a  sigh. 

•  A^?Z  ^  u'^y  ^^^«^^^*'^ed,«thatlhad8tud. 
led  Itaian  before  I  camel  But  from  thiKtime 
torth,  I  m  determined  not  to  rest  till  I've  leajned 
the  language."  \ 

Unclb  Moses  was  deeply  distressed  at  Bob'l  dis- 
appearance.  He  had  only  one  idea  in  his  mind. 
He  told  the  other  boys  what  it  was.  It  was  the 
Idea  of  bri^nds.  They  had  met  poor  Bob;  they 
had  seized  him.  and  had  carried*  him  off  to  their  • 
lurking-places  in  the  mountains.  Even  now  he 
was  in  captivity.  And  the  heart  of  Upcle  Moses 
yearned  over  the  poor  prisoner.  He  expressed 
these  iears  in  a  few  words,  for  he  was  too  agitated 
to  say  much.  ® 


.f^^^:^*=^^Hd=to^=l^r^i^„„»uB  over 
this  and  thought  there  was  something  in  it.  Both 
of  them  now  thought  that  Bob  might  have  been 


-isj 


>'  s 


AMONa/THE  BRIGANpg. 


106 


♦carried  by  hi^  donkeV  to  the  mountains  ;  and,  H 
80,  his  capture  by  briWnds  would  be  almost  cer- 
tain.     To  them,  these  n^untains  seemed  to  be  full 
of  them ;  the  whole  population,  in  their  opinion, '. 
was  a  community  of  briga\ds.  >. 

Chve  ha(J  also  another  i(^ea.  It  was  this.  The' 
driver  had  deserted  them  a^l  haA^one  off  vow- 
mg  vengeance.  He  had  gon^to  the  mountains, 
and  returned  with  a  band  of  brigands  to  capture 
all  of  them.  They  had  met  Bob,  seized  him,  and 
taken  him  off. 

At  all  this  Frank  laughed. 

"Pooh!  "'said  ho.   "1  don't  see  whyyou  should  go    ^ 
out  of  your  way  to  torment  yourselves  about  noth- 
ing at  all.     It  all  seems  plain  enough  to  me.     The 
donkey  has  run  off,  and  intends  to  keep  running 
till  he  drops.    There's  a  long,  straight,  smooth  road 
before  him,  and  he'll  stick  to  that  without  bother- 
ing  his  head  about  by-roads  or  mountains.     And 
if  he's   obstinate    enough,   I    don't    see   why  he 
shouldn't  keep  on   running  till  he  gets  to  Salerno. 
And  it's  my  opinion,  if  we  don't  pick  him  up  on 
the  road,  we'll  find  him  at  Salerno  when  we  eet 
there."  '  ^ 

"0,  that's  all  very  well,"  said  Clive,  "  but  think 
ho^7^certain  you/s^^ere  abr)ut  the  driver  —  " 

He  was  inte'rrupted  by  the  sound  of  galloping 
horses  and  rolHng  wheels.     The  sound  came  from.  - 
behind.     At  once   they  all   turned   their  heads. 
Emerging  from  behind  a  turn  in  the  road,  they  saw 


isaiya^'A^^'i/B.  -A-r  :,?rv . 


THE  driver's   EX?LANATI0N. 


107 


two  horses  galloping  at  full  speed,  and  drawing  a 
carriage.  The  driver  was  whipping  the  horses 
furiously,  and  calling  and  shouting.  The  carriage 
was  empty.  In  a  moment  they  recognized  the 
trjith.     it  was  their  carriage  and  their  driver. 

They  all  stood  still,  and  looked  in  surprise,  and 
the  carriage  rolled  swiftly  up.  The  driver  at  once 
stopped  the  horses,  and  jumped  to  the  ground. 
Then,  coming  to  the  boys,  he  burst  forth  iftto  a 
strain  of  the  most  profuse  and  vehement  apologies. 
He  implored  them  to  forgive  him,  and  began  to 
explain  the  cause  of  his  absence  from  the  place 
where  they  had  left  Ijim. 

It  seems  that  he  found  this  place  an  inconvenient 
one,  and  had  driven  across  the  fields  for  about 
half  a  mile-,  to  some  trees.  Here  he  had  taken  his 
horses  out,  and  aUpwed  them  to  feed.  He  him- 
self lay  down  in  the  carriage,  and  took  a  siesta. 
'He  overslept  himself.  On  awaking,  he  was  horri- 
fied to  find  how  much  time  had  passed,  and  at 
once  proceeded  to  search  for  the  horses.  But  . 
during  his  sleep  they  had  both  wandered  ofi",  and 
could  not  be  found  until  after  a  long  .  search. 
When  at  length  he  was  ready,  and  had  driven 
back,  he  found  to  his  horror  that  they  were  not 
there.  Thinking  that  they  were  still  among  the 
ruins,  he  had  gone  over  the  whole  place,  which  *^ 
took-  up  still  more  tTmer""AfTaitt  Re  saw  thatife^y' 
must  have  left.  He  at  once  drove  ofi".  Knolving 
that  they  were  on  foot,  he  expected  every  miinute 


•N 


t. 


108 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


to  catch  sight  of  them.    He  drove  6n  for  niilea 

came  to  the  conclusion  that  they  had,  perhap, 
found  the  carriage  of  some  other  visitor  ,  and  hS 
obtained  ,eats.i„  that.  He  knew  that  they  mtt 
have  gonej  and  could  only  account  in  that  waHor 
their  rapid  progress.  ^ 

This  exianation  of  the  driver  was   perfectly 
.  ^tisfactory  Vo  them  all,  and  their  joy  at'^gettW 
the  carriage  lagain  was  so  great  that  they  efcu  "f 
his  unfortunate  slumbers.     The  driver  afso,  on  his 
part    had  noi  forgotten  all  about  his  sulks   and 

blr''  CT^°""  r  -"'•-"■•-•'.e  soil  as 
oetore.    On  learning  about  Bob's  mishap   he  at 

along  the  road,  and  that  they  would  undoubtedly 
soon  catch  up  itith  him      eX  »i,       u  ■  """"'■"o'y 

into  the   carLle    thl'^  u^''°'''P»'^ye<'' 

carnage,   the   driver  wh  pped  np   the 

Safte  "71*"^^  -<=-'  towards'salerno 
Alile  after  mile  Was  traversed. 

Still  there  were  no  sighs  of  Bob. 

'•  Something's  hiippened,"  said  Clive. 
^,^  He  s  been  carded  to  the  mountains,"  said  Da-     • 

_■;  It's  the  brigandl  1 "  groaned  Uncle  Moses. 

''Th";  donte^'   "4"/»''l    J^™°k.    confidently, 
hila   slS^  "  1^"'-  --horse.    We'll  fin'd 


^^^^ '¥-' '"^ -^^ 


%f'^jw.iiMV--ii.-'*^  ''^aj*'-  '^f^ 


:.^. .--■<, 


or  miles 
t  length 
perhaps, 
and  had 
ey  must 
way  for 

erfectly 
getting 
sxcused 
,  on  his 
b,  and 
3oul  as 
he  at 
ve  rnn 
btedly 
•ty  got 
p   the 
no. 


THE  LAST  HOPE. 


109 


No  signs  of  Bob  I 

Hurrying  in,  they  made  inquiries,  and  found 
that  he  had  not  come.  This  filled  them  all  with 
the  greatest  concern ;  and  the  driver,  and  the  land- 
lord, and  all  others  who  heard  of  it,  asserted  that 
he  must  have  been  carried  to\the  mountains.  It 
was  now  dark.  Nothing  more  could  be  done  ;  atfd 
so  they  could  only  resolve  to  drive  back  on  the 
following  day,  and  make  a  more  careful  search 
after  the  lost  boy.  \ 


IdDa- 

3. 

Bntly. 
I  find 


,/ 
Irove 


■  f^ 

;                    .      \    4 

■      i 

■1 

ir 

*=;.                    .  .■                                           ./                                 ,.  ■.  ;;-;'-^'lt4'V;r'  ■                   '1:1 

110 


AMQlto  TflB  BRIOANBS. 


n 


CHAPTER  X. 

The  captive  Bo^ and  his  grisly  Visitant  -  The  NMndon  his 
Head.  -Deriouement.  -  The  BrigaHd  Family.  -  The  old 
Crone.- Tj  Robber  Wife.  -The  Brigand  Children. -A 

■   Revolution  ^Feeling.  -  The  main  Road  -  The  Carriage 
—  In  Search  of  Bob.  .„      >■      ^"'^^^*'^£^- 

jAfiALYZED  with  terror,  dumb  with  horror, 

Bob  lay  motionless  and  ahnost  breathless  • 

and  the  grisly  old  hag  reached  out  her 

'long,  lean,  thm,  bony,  withered,  shrivelled  hand 

and  took  his  hair,  while  with  the  other  hand  she 

raised  her  sharp  weapon. 

She  took  his  hair  very  lightly  and  tenderly  ;  bo 
lightly,  indeed,^aM3ob  was  just  conscious  of  her 
touch;  and^th^iigh  he  expected  that  he  would  be 
torn  from  his  bed  and  struck  dead  the  next  instant 
yet  this  fate  was  delayed.  ^  \\ 

She  took  his  hair  then  in  he^r  hand  very  gently 
and  tenderly,  apd  in  her  other  hand  she  raised  the 
sharp  weapon.  \  " 

yoyi  the  shqpp^eapon  was    apaip  pf^ 


Ihears.  ^^        """  "^"    "'"'"  y.  «nee|r 

These  shears  she  held  forward,  and  with  them 


\J^ 


THE  SHORN   LOCK. 


Ill 


she  snipped  off,  as  noiselessly  as  possible,  a  lock  of 
Bob's  hair. 

She  pressed  the  lock  of  hair  to  her  thin  lips,  ^ 
looked  at  it  steadfastly  for  some  time,  pressed  it 
oi^ce  more  to  her  lips,  and  then  put  it  in  the  folds  of 
"lier  dress.  %^ 

Then  kneeling  by  Bob's  sidef  she  looked  af"him 
long  and  earnestly.    She  bent  over  him,  and  looked 

^^  down  upon  him.  She  laid  the  shears  upon  the 
floor,  clasped  her  withered  hiinds  together,  and 
gazed  upon  the  boy.  lie  lay  still.  His  eyes  were 
closed  ;  but  the  delay  of  his  fate  ,and  the  snip  of 
the  shears  in  his  haii"  had  roused  him  somewha^ 
from  his  abyss  of  terrojv  He  opened  his  eyes 
wide  enough  to  see  what  was  going  on.  He  could 
not  see  the  old  wonlan's  lace,  but  he  saw  her 
kneeling,. and  he  saw  her  thin  hands  clasped  before 

^     her,  like  onfe  in  prayer,  and  tremulous.  ' 

The  old  womarf  bcrit  over  him;  and  if  Bob  could 
have  seen  her  face  he  would  have  known  that  this 
.  old  creatAre  was  an  otjjject  of  any  other  feeling 
rather  than  fear,  l^ale  it  was,  that  face  that  was  \ 
over  him,  and  wrinkled,  arid  emaciated;  but  there 
was"upoij  it  a  softened  expression — ,an  expres- 
sion-of  yearning  arid  of  longing.  That  which  at  a 
distance  .had  seemed  to  his  frightened  fancy  a' 
hungry,  ghoulish  look,  was  now  nothing  more  than 

~~  tB¥  fearri^st,  fi^^  ga^^f "S  love  thaf"Ioifigeff^o" 

,     satisfied  — a  gaze  like  that,  of  a  bereaved  mother 
who  sees  s0me  one  who  reminds  hfdr  of  her  lost 


•.»  '  J 


^i 


112 


AMOJJG   THE   BRIGANDS. 


f  *■-  \ 


.     boy,  and  looks  at  him  with  a  \^  of  unutterable 
yearning.     So,  now,  it  was  with  this  poor  old  4  " 
crepit  creature.     Perhaps  in   her  papt  life  jom 
son   had  been   torn  from   her,  of  ,whoifl  'fififee. 
minded  her,  and  ^he  had  come  now  to  f^ast'^Self 
"   with  his  face,  which  reminded  her  of  her  lost  boy 
to  take  a  lock  of  his  hair,  to  bow  down  over  him  in 
speechless  emotion.     Here,  then,  she   knelt,  her 
poor  hands  clasping  each  dther  tremulously,  her 
aged  breast  heaving  with  repressed  sighs,  while 
from  her  weak  eyes  there  fell  tears  which  dropped 
upon  the  fa^-of  the  boy. 
Those  t«Srs  had  a  wonderful  effect. 
As  Bob's  lialf-opened  eyes  saw  t^he  old  woman's 
attitude,  his  grisly  terror  left  him;  his  heart  re- 
gained    its   ordinary   pulsation;     the   tremendQus 
pressure   that   had   been  upon   his   soul   was  re- 
moved ;  warm,  and  fresh,  and  free,,  his  young  blood 
sped   through   his  veins,  and   ali;  his  frame  was 
quickened  to  a  bounding  lif^nd  vigor.     By  the 
force  of  this  reaction  he  wa8«g^om  his  gt^y 
lethargy,  hil^aralysis  of  ho^^ffiliB  pr  JiSe 
of  miird  w^^^restored.     T^TOef?  came  those 
tears  which  fell  upjpn  fiis  face.     This  completed 
the  recovery  of  hi^  self^ommand.     It  did  teore. 
It  assured  him  that  he  was  an  object,  not  of  mur- 
proufi  fury,  but  of  tender  love,  and  that  the  o^e 
^«^Q^^^d  feared  had:  coiMniof^mtB^^p 
of  cMfelty,  but  with  yearnings  of  affection.     Why 
this  should  be  he  knew  not;  he  was  content  to 


,<>  '^^'* 


JH^- 


i 


'\ 


.  *     '"'^Ip!  ■/ 


EFFECTS  OF  THE  VISIT. 


113 


•   t 


jcnow  that  it  was  so;  and  iii  this  knowledge  all 
fear  died  out.  But  eve^n  now  he  felt  8omewha^^" 
embarrp,8seld,  for  the  old  woman  was  evidentty 
only  giving-  way  t\  her  emotion  because  sHe 
believed  him  to  be  asleep;  and  thus  he  was  an  un- 
willing witness  of  feelings  which  she  supposed  to 
be  seen  by .  none.  In  this  there  seemed  "to  be 
something  dishonorable,  and  he,  wished  th«^»Oene 
to  end.  'He  chose  to  do  so  therefore  by  making^a 
few  movements  without  op6tring  his  eyes  ;'tiiat  is, 
he  changed  his  position  several  times,  turned  hinir. 
self  over  and  back  again,  and  thus  gave  signs  of 
waking.  Upon  this  the  old  woman  silently  took 
her  lamp  and  shears,  and  left  the  apartmeM  by  the 
way  she  had  come. 

So  end^  the  adventure. 

The  effect;  produced  upon  Bob  was  a  varied  one. 
He  still  felt  the  consequences  of  that  horror  into 
which  he  had  fallen,  that  spasm  and  convulsion  <rf 
terror  which  had  seemed  to  turn  him  to  stone,  y«t 
the  relief  that  had  been  found  was  inexpressibly 
sweet.     Jn  spite  of  the  pain  which  still  lingered 
about  his  heart,  tb©re  came  a  calmer  and  happie^ 
frame  of  mind ;  the  pain  itself  also  gradually  diec§ 
out,  and  its  only  result  was  a  generallanguor.    Sc^ 
commonplace    a  ^termination  to  what  seemed  a 
terrible  event  made  his  whole  situation  and  his^ 
other  -pTOspeotftPeem  eommonplace,  and  he 
began  to  think  that  his  captors  might  turn  gut  to- 
be  as  commoii|ilace  as  the  old  woman. 


is 


» 


.     z' 


^^  li^^^^^^^itUZ^J-a^i^^ii^s^j        >   ~j     J-    ».'     /  !. 


y 


I-  >  . 

114 


\- 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


He  fell  again  into  a  deep ,  sleep,  and  did  not 
wake  till  it  was  broad  day.  J  On  descending,  the 
people  all  respectfully  bade  him  good  morning. 
Breakfast  was  rea%,  consisting  of  black  brea3, 
stew,  and  some  coffee.  Outside,  the  view  was 
superb ;  the  rising  sun  had  not  yet  ascended  high 
enough  to  shine  down  into  the.  valley,  but  the 
glowing  heavens,  and  the  shadows  of  the  moun- 
tains, and  the  light  green  of  the  little  space  near- 
est, with  the  darker  green  of  the  forests  that 
clothed  the  mountain-sides,  all  made  the  spectacle 
a  memorable  one. 

Bob's  whole  state  of  mind  was  more  healthy,  and 
cheerful,  and  hopeful  than  it  had  been.  Every- 
thing  appeared  bright  and  favorable.  The  old 
woman,  as  he  looked  at  her  this  morning,  did  not 
seem  to  be  at  all  repulsive.  Her  face  was  shriv- 
elled, it  is  true,  and  her„eyes  were  weak;  but  she 
looked  gentle  and  mild,  and  treated  him  with  very 
great  favor  and  attention.  The  slatternly  woman 
did  not  seem  worse  than  any  other  Italian  peasant 
woman.  The  children  were  dirty,  no  doubt ;  in  fact, 
very  dirty ;  but  then  they  were  brown,  and  healthy, 
and  merry,  hot  inclined  to  mischief,  and  quite 
respectful  to  him.  In  short.  Bob  found  himself 
surveying  his  situation  and  its  surroundings  with 
much  complacency,  and  he  began  to  feel  that  he 
Lftd  luisjut^ed  these^eople  altogether  the  night 
before. 

But  other  things  were  yet  in  store  which  were 


-x^ 


■:.<^i^^i.ihh 


1  ■* 


^ 


\. 


.\ii>- 


'%■ 


THE  BRIGANDS. 


115 


to  redeem  still  more  the  character  of  these  peojjid. 
^e  was  standiDg  outside  the  house  after  breakfast, 
when,  to  his  surprise,  he  saw  the  second  "  brigand  " 
approach.  He  knew  that  he  had  not  had  time  to  go 
to  Salerno  and  return  ;  so  he  saw  that  he  could  not 
have  been  to  Salerno  at  all.  He  seemeii-toBobto 
be  going  there  now,  for  he  was  mounted  on  a 
donkey,  and  led  another  by  the  bridle.  The  one 
which  he  led  was  no  other  than  the  ass  which  had 
carried  Bob  to  this  place. 

JBob's  only  thought  at  seeing  this  was,  that  the 
"  brigand  "  was  now  setting  forth  for  Salerno,  and 
was  a|)Out  to  take  the  donkey  with  him,  either  to 
sell  if,  or  t6  return  it  to  the  owner,  and  get  a 
reward.  But  this  idea  was  not  left  long  in  his 
mind.  I  . 

The  first  "  brigand,"  pame  out,  and  tWtwo  men 
talked  to  one  another,  ^fter  which  they  turned  to 
Bob,  and  the  first  brigand  explained  to  him  that 
he  was  to  mount  the  donkjey.  He  pointed  to  the 
animal,  smiled,  waved  his  hand  towards  the  road 
by  which  Bob  had  come,  and  uttered  the  word 
"Salerno."  "' 

Bob's  heart  gave  a  wild  leap ;  he  could  scarcely 
believe  what  he  heard ;  /but  the  laces  of  the  two 
men  were  smiling,  and  t(iey  continued  to  nod,  and 
gesticulate,  and  repeat  tlie  word  "  Rak^rnn,"  They  ^ 


Tooke^^  like  two  benevolent  farmers,  and  Bob  won- 
dered  how  he  could  ev0r  have  seen  anything  ma- 
lignant in  their  very  good  natured  faces. 


i* 


'^'^i^*^f^MfAfi{^^"'^ 


116 


AHONO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


'   ^^°"^®®  *^^^®  ^*®  nothing  to  do  now  but  to 
hnrfy  away   to  his   friends.     Yet  Bob   was  not 
willing  to  take  too  abrupt  a  leave.     He  remem- 
bered  the  old  woman,  and  thought  with  a  softened 
heart  about  her  emotion.    He  went  back  into  the 
house,  and  shook  hands  with  her  for  good  by.    He 
even  knew  enough  Italian  to  say,  "  Addi(K'^he 
old  creature  was  much  softened,  and   buxsrinto 
tears.     Bob  gave  her  one  of  his  cuff-buttbl^s  as  a 
souvenir,^ for  h^had   nothing  else  to   give,  and 
the  cuff-button  was  an  uncommonly  elaborate  affair; 
and  he  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  that  the  old 
woman  took  it  as  though  it  was  of  inestimable 
value.     He  then  went  around  among  them  all 
shook  hands  with  all  of  them,  from  the  slatternly 
woman  down  to  the  smallest  of  the  dirty  children, 
and  gave  each  one  of  them  something  — to  the 
woman,  a  pencil  case ;  to  one   child,  his  pocket 
knife  ;  to  another,  a  watch  key ;  to  a  third,  a  shirt 
stud;  to  a  fourth,  a  memorandum  book;  and  to  the 
fifth,  a  handkerchief. 

«  Brigand  "  number  two  was  going  to  accompany 
him,  and  it  was  now  evident  to  Bob  that  the  delay 
which  had  taken  place  in  his  restoration  to  his 
friends  jas  probably  owing  to  the  fapt  that  they 
had  to  wait  to  procure  bridles,  or  another  donkey. 
It  only  remained  for  him  now  to  bid  good  by  to 
"  brigand  "  number  one,  which  he  did  with  gr^nt 
earnestness,  and  cordiality,  and  fervor;  presenting 
him  at  the  same  time  with  his  neck-tie,  a  very 


nj'.toeSA'-ij^K!' 


•  jA.-i!*!      .*»■><    t  , 


117 


'  DEPARTURE  OP  BOB. 

brilliant  piece  of  satin,  which  the  Italian  receiWd 
with  a  great  flourish,  and  profuse  expressions  df 
thankfulness.    Bob  had  several .  times  regretted 
his  Ignorance  of  the  Italian  language  since  his 
arrival  m  the  country,  but  never  had  his  regrets  \ 
beeQ  more  sincere  than  on  this  occasionr    Had  he 
been  able  to  speak  Italian  he  would  have  made  a 
speech  then  and  there,  and  have  invited  them  all 
from  the  old  woman  down  to  the  smallest  child,  to' 
come   and  visit    him  and   his   friends  either  at 
Salerno,  or  at  Naples,  or  in  farK)ff  America.    But 
alas  I  Bob's  tongue  was  tied,  and  so  the  invitation 
remained  unuttered.     He  did  what  he  could,  how-    , 
ever,  and  utterly  exhausted  the  whole  language 
of  signs  in  the  attempt  to  express  to  them  his  / 
thanks,  and  his  good  wishes  for  their  happiness. 
The  simple  people  seemed  to  comprehend  him,  for 
.they  were  by  no  means  dull,  and  gesticulated  in 
return  many  things  which  seemed  to  convey  the 
same  meaning;  and  when  at  last  Bob  rode  away 
the  humble  inhabitants  watched  him  uj|U  he  passed 
out  of  sight. 

4 


/ 


/ 


«r 


V  .','■  .-U'iA 


.      ^*  ^jr 


SiiL^iti^ivW^ii'  „4eiA.i&sf  Ai'.'Wt-  -iSiiUi!. 


118 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

^J'cXr^""^'''"""-^'"'"''^'"'r«o.~On 
D,sZn       L'-f^'^T  ^'"■'-^•'  -npUaZ 

nZuslllZT'"    ""■    "•'    ''"'"'ion.- Various 

.EARNING  to  the  mail  ^aj^^lih  Us 
guide,  Bob  traversed  the  same  way  by 
which  his  donkey  had  carried  him  on  the 
preceding  day.  Hie  progress  now  was  very  d  f 
ferent     It  would  not  do  to  dash  furiously  dowl 

had  toC T  T'" """"''*'■" f^'^^-y-'  ^  ">«y ■ 

plain. '■Bob 8  animal  also  had  changed.    He  was 
»o  longer  the  fiery,  wild  ass  of  th!  day  befr 
which  had  borne  him  helplessly  away  from  iX' 
'SiVf":  "  *™'='*'"^  -i-ali  with'surcie^ 
S-     A   T'J"'  "'*  ""  *«  »■■«»«  of  subordi. 
tou  rof'L  ,    T"'-    ^«  '"''y^'^  the  slightest 
Sin  f^t    ;.  '  *"'  ■"""""*  """S  after  the 
■^^" '°  ^'^°*-°f  h'?.  «»  quietly_4>»-thougb  he  w««— 
»s  most  patient  and  gentle  of  the  donlceytribe 
In  two  or  three  hours'  time  they  rei^hed  the 


^%i^-^ jf^-   ,1 


■^ffUlil    *  iA-iy    -wff. 


1^ 


THE  RETURN/ 


119 


mam  road,  and  turning  to  the  right,  rode  towards 
Salerno.     Thus  far  Bob  had  not  noticed  much  of 
his   surroundings,  but  now  his  eyes  gazed  most/ 
eagerly  upon  the  road  ahead  of  him,  for  he  exl 
pected  to  meet  his  friends.    He  rightly  supposei' 
that  they  would  have  driven  to  Salerno  on  the 
preceding  day,  hoping^a,jPnd  him  thererand  that 
they  would  drive  back  in  search  of  him  at  the 
earliest  dawn  of  another  day. 

Bob's  conjecture  turned  out  to  be  right  He 
had  not  ridden  more  than  a  mile  when  he  saw  a 
carriage  approaching,  which  he  soon  recognized 
^8  belonging  to  his  party.  In  it  were  his  friends. 
-  who  had  recognized  him  as  soon  as  they  had 
caught  sight  of  him,  and  whose  joy  at  meeting 
with  him  again,  and  amazement  at  the  sight  of  his 
companion,  knew  no  bounds.  The  carriage  stopped 
and  the  boys  flung  themselves  out,  and  tore  Bob 

and  hustled  him,  and  danced  about  him  in  their 

*'''^'  .  ..  .  ^°'^^  "^^^  °°*  «°  'i'^'^^  as  the  others, 
and  held  back.  But  if  his  greeting  was  last,  It 
was  not  least  fervent,  as  Bob  well  knew  by  the 
moistened  eye,  the  quivering  lip,  the  tremulous 
voice,  and  the  convulsive  grasp  of  that  venerable 
relative: 

Then  and  therej  on  the  road,  Bob  h^A  t^  aiytiflfir 
-the  Bungry  curlbsity  of  his  friends,  and  giveth^ 
some  sort  of  an  outline  of  his  adventures.    The 
particulars  he  reserved  untU  a  future  occasion. 


I  «t  ,V  i^fH-  itr J  jiflss!,>    mi 


*r 


^^Jh 


.  -  •/ 


k,  .'^?'^-^Tr 


120 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


Bob  8  account  of  his  frienda  in  the  mountains  at 
.  once  roused  the  enthusiastic  interest  of  the  whole 

\  TJ  u    *^''  ^^'^^''  ^°^  *^^y  ^"   proceeded  to 
.     Bhake  hands  with,  the  Italian..    Nor  did  they  con- 
.  ..    tent  themselves  with  this,  for"  on  the  spot  tJncle 
Moses  and  the  boys  made  up  a  handsome  purser 
which  they  presented  to  him,  not  because  he  3e- 
served  it,  exactly,  but  partly  because  they  were 
80  rejoiced  at  finding  the  lost  boy,  and  partly  on 
account  of  Bob's  urgent  appeal  to  them.     For  now 
iiobff.s€fi|timent8  about  the  humble  people  in  the 
-sequestered  valley  had  undergone  the  last  phase 
which  was  necessary  to  complete  a  perfect  revo- 
Intion  of  feehn^,.  and  he  had  come  to  regard  them 
not^  by  any  means  as  brigands,-,far  from  it, -but 
rather  as  a  family  of  peaceful,  innocent,  hannless, 
affectionate,  quiet,  benevolent,  warm-hearted,  good- 
natured,  hospitable,  and  virtuous  peasants 

The  Italian  received  the  gifts  with  a  series  of 
gesticulations,  by  which  he  seemed  to  be  invoking 
the  blessing  of  Heaven  upon  them,  and  vowing 
endless  gratitude  J  and  after  the  boys  and  Uncle 
Moses  had  one  by  one  shaken  hands  and  bidden 
; .  hnn  good  by,  he  still  stood  there,  smiling,  bowing, 
.  anA  gesticulating^,  and  as  they  drove  away,  they 
saw  him  standing  motionless  in  the  road  till  thev 
passed  out  of  sight.  ^ 

Bob's  adventuresjiad  not  beenLwithout  Bome:„ 
^us^^onsequences,  for  the  stmin  on  his  mind 
during  the  previous  day,  and  especially  the  horror 


$i&£ii^^iX^    ^4,  s  /J.'trtVli.sy^  tIj«.iS»J.       .  ■tfl^^aa.,^~A^-^   SSj.numJfctt!.'^  '    '-tsj 


:t-tVr 


0»  TO  CASTELLAMAIIE.        v'l,         121 

hi  w/!?*"'  "T!''""'  "'"''  "'"  f''«g«e8to  Which 
he  had  been  subjected,  had  been  somewhat  t»o 
much  for  hun      As  soon,  therefore,  as  the  first  ex- 

ttm  "  ""^  ^T"^  ""'•'"■"S  -"«  over,  a  reac 
t.on  took  place,  and  he  complained  of  utter  weari- 
ness  and  exhaustion.  As  Bob  was  a  boy  who 
never  complained  except  under  sore  pre'ssure,  the 

,  boys  perceived  that  he  was  now  in  /eed  of  quiet 
and  repose,  and  therefore  tried   to  put  a  check 
upon  their  .eager  curiosity.    On  reaching  Salerno 
they  put  up  at  the  hotel  again,  and  gave  Bob  the' 

■  opportunity  of  a  long  rest.     Had  itLt  been  fo 

hl\    r^T!^"^  ''""'''  •'y  «"^  «■»«  have 
been  back  m  Naples ;  for  their  intention  had  been 

to  go  on  from  P^stum  without  stopping ;  but  now 
they  were  forced  to  delay  somewhat.     Still  they 
were  anxious  to  resume  the  journey  back,  and  as 
Bob  seemed  refreshed  after  a  rest  and  a  good  re. 
past,  Uncle  Moses  thought  they  had  better  set  ou^ 
and  go  as  far  as  they  could  before  dark.    The  dri    ' 
ver  mentioned  Castellamare  as  a  convenient  stot^ 
pmg.place,  and  it  was  thereupon  decided  to  drive 
on  as  far  as  that  place,  and  pass  the  night  there. 

Ihey  had  passed  through  Castellamare  before 
when  on  their  way  to  Sorrento,  and  again,  when 
eturnmg  from  that  place,  on  their  way  I,  sLierno. 
^  ""^  l^  °««°^  qq-tg  familiar.  JBut^  guittine  - 


^A,^  -. i-T  :^-^^  "*■*■*"<*«'    -"m>^>a  mutting 

fL  w",T.  ^°^  ^^"'^^^^  ^'^^^^^"^  *h«  windowTof 
he  hote  ,  they  were  siirfirised  to  find  how  much 
the  beauty  of  the  place  was  enhanced  by  this  new  ^ 


•«!*. 


V'^-rt,: .,  *  \s^*a*ia'i^fo«fi;*>j 


^'4kl'wSifiy.t 


.#/•  ■ 


t 


122 


AMONG  THE  BRICJANDS. 


outlook.  Before,  they  Id^olced  at  it  as  hasty  travel- 
lers, snatching  a  passing  glance ;  but  now  th^y 
could  take  a  leisurely  surJey.  Before  them  was  ^e 
Bay  of  Naples  ;  on  the  riiht,the  city  with  its  sub- 
urbs, extending  far  along\  the  shore  ;  on  the  left, 
the  isle  of  Capri ;  in  fron^,  the  shores  of  Baise ; 
while  in  the  rear  was  the  ^^erdant  landscape,  with 
a  background  of  mountain^  over  which  reigned 
supreme  the  gigantic  forni  of  Vesuvius,  from 
whose  summit  was  still  floatiig  the  wrathful  smoke 
cloud.  \ 

It  was  decided  to  pass  the\  night  here,  and  go 
on  to  Naples  early  on  the  following  day.  AH  the 
party  were  tired,  and  went  tb  rest  at  an  early 
hour.  The  night  was  calm,  i^nd  beautiful,  and 
bright ;  and  as  they  went  to  Isleep,  they  were 
lulled  by  the  plash  of  the  wateVs  as  they  gently 
rippled  upon  the  pebbled  beach.  \  » 

Frank  arose  pretty  early  on  th&  following  mo^ 
ing,  and  found  that  David  was  already  up,  and  had  - 
gone  forth.     The  others  were  etillVasleep.     Frank 
thereupon  went  forth  for  a  walk,  Ld  one  by  one 
the  others  awaked  also.     They  had  brdered  break- 
fast at  an  early  hour,  and  they  wei^e  to  start  im- 
mediately  after.     When  Uncle  Mosek  went  down 
stairs  he  found  breakfast  ready,  and  departed  to 
hunt  up  the  boys.     He  found  Frank!  and  Clive, 
_aDd  Bob,  watchiag  the  driver  grOom  t&B  torses.  -^ 
"  Boys,"  said  Uncle  Moses,  "  breakfast's  ready." 
"All  right,  sir,"  said  Frank;  "we'll  be\along." 


S^<.%!iA«K«8lM^^>^^«^  J„       .   s-T»«4.«-,U,4..      ^\     ,      , 


'-^Jift'    .H'T 


;j- 


■Vi^  "  *' 


AH  TOTLEASANT  DBCOTEBT.  133 

tJpon  tl.is  Uncle  Moses  went  back,  and  after  a 

Where's  Dav.d  ?  "  asked  Uncle  Moses. 
I  don't  know,  sir." 

"Well,"  said  Uncle  Moses,  "Suppose  he'U  be 

along  ;  so  let's  sit  down  and  begin  "  "^  "^  ^^ 

They  all  sat  down.  '* 

When  they  were  about  half  through  breakfast 

Uncle  Moses  began  to  wonder  what  L  iSS^^ 

1  )?-f  ,7"^  f '^  ^'  ^°'  ^«^«  ?  "  i^e  asked. 
'  1  didn't  see  hirn,"  said  Frank 
"I  didn't,"  said  Clive. 
"Nor  I," said  Bob. 

"He  was  up  before  I  was,"  said  Frank  -and 
had  gone  out  I  didn't  see  him  at  all.  I  only  saw 
his  empty  bed,  an^  found  his  clothes  gone  I  da'I 
say  he's  gone  off-  on  a  walk." 

"0,  he's  all  right,"  said  Bob. 
"Yes,"   said   Uncle   Moses;  «I  don't  doubt  it 
Hes  a  very  careful,  quiet  boy,  I  know;  but  he   a 

houS  LirclC'  '^'  -^«-^-«*-^  about  the 
"Perhaps  so,"  said  Uncle  Moses. 

.^^^^m^st^ii^hing  their  l>reakfastr- 
-^ut  Uncle  Moses  began  to  fidget  in  his  chair  an,? 

look  around,  and  sigh, 'and  gfve  other  stns  of 

growmg  uneasiness  of^bind."  Feeling  in  SelJ 


r-      ^l^^^^^^_ 


-*>. 


124 


AMONG  THE  BRIOANDS. 


as  he  did,  the  care  of  all  the  boy8,^he  never  was 
altogether  free  from  anxiety;  and  the  various  ad- 
ventures which  the  boys  h^dencountered^fiad  not, 
in  any  way,  tended  to  lessefi  his  unea^  vigilance 
over  them.     Bob's  last  adventurej'^Jn  particular, 
had  wrought  upon  him  most  paifiMy,  so  that  he 
was  ten  times  more  careful  over.lK^  young  and 
somewhat  flighty  charges  than  heVaJibeen  before. 
The  absence  of  David  at  such  an  important  time 
seemed  unaccountable.     If  it  had  been  any  one  of 
the  other8,ut  would  have  been  intelligible;  biit  for 
David,  who  was  the  soul  of  order,  regularity,  and 
method,  to  fail  an  appo^taent,  was  something  so 
extra^rdinailjr,  that  he  could  not  but  feel  alarmed. 
Still   he   restrained   himself,   for  he   felt  a   littk* 

ashamed  of  his  fears;  and  though  he  was  evident 

ly  very  restless,  uneasy,  and  worried,  Ke  said  not. 

a  word  until  the  boys  had  finished  their" breakfast. 
"I  don't  know  what  to  make  of  it,"  said  Unclft 

Moses  at  las^t,  starting  from  his  chair  and  going  to 

the  window.     Standing  there,  he  looked  uneasily' 

up  and  down  the  street,  and  then  returned  and 

looked  earnestly  at  the  boys. 
"  I  don't  know  what  \o  make  of  it,  at  all,"  he  re- 

peated.    "  Did  you  say  you  didn't  see  him,  none 

of  you?    Didn't  you  see  him,  Clive  ?  " 
"  No,  sir,"  said  Clive.    "  When  I  waked,  all  the 

■boys  were  upJ^^ 


"Didn't  he   say  anythin  last  night  about  in 
tendin  to  do  anythin  this  mornin  ?  " 


I 


.\ 


^~ji 


-•^^t-"-': 


DAVID  AMONO  THE  MISSING. 


125 


" I  didn^t  hear  him  say  anything"      ' 

bLkfalr/"  '"  "'"^  ™'».  an<I  he'd  let  all  ;H,e 
breajkfe^ts  that  ever^ero  cooked  wait  befo«  he'd 

thrtIo'"S'"'.,'!"t  *'°^^^'  ""--'«  ^omethinin 
that  too      Dav.d'8  dreadful  fond  of  old  stones  and  - 

,    "W  bones,  and  tumble-down  edifices  and  „Th    ^  t 
an  weeds.     Why  he's  all  th„  t  ,,    "^  ""•''' 

if  he  too,.,.  »  W.ues  all  the  time  collect m :  an 

befor?,'-'^  ^!"'  "'I'  ">°»g''t.  which  brought  np' 

^pon  this  Uncle  Moses  went  onf  nf  fi, 
and  do.„  to  the  street.     Reachin^rthe    trLTTe' 

lo  S  r :r it"  *"^  ^"."^^  ■^" '">  °^ '  "»^- 

the  doL  oT  :„  e,  stll    "f""'  P'^''™^  '"*" 


about  half  an  hour,  he  returned  more  troubled 


y 


',■>•'. --St^Wrf^ir;^*  «!ii'.i«- 


■A.  A.^-    L•^   j\  ,v«,'V    .  ' 


126 


AMONG  THE   BRIGANDS. 


than  ever;  and  met  Frank,  Clive,  .and  Bob  in  front 
of  the  hotel. -^ 

"  I  can't  find  him  anywhere^"  said  he. 
.  Thus  far  the  boys  had  thought  nothing  of  Da- 
vid's disappearance  :  but  the  deep  anxiety  of  Un- 
"cle  Moses  now  excited  their  alarm ;  and  though, 
if  left  to  themselx^es,  they  would  have  seen  noth- 
ing to  fear  in  the  fact  of  David's  being  an  hoitr  Or  , 
80  behind  time,  yet,  after  all,  they  began  to  see 
that,  in  one  like  David,  such  conduct  was  most  ex- 
traordinany ;  and  in  this  foreign  country,  of  whose: 
ways  they  wene  so  ignorant,  there  might  possibly 
be  danger  in  such  absence.     They  at  once  began 
'to  comfort  Uncle  Moaes;  and  then  all  of  them  vol- 
unteered to  go  sin  different  directions  and  see  it 

» they  could  find  him.  tJncle  Moses  again  set  out, 
walking  up  the  road  in  the  direction  of  Sotrento ; 
Frank  went  down  the  road  ;  Clive  took  a  by-road 
that  led  towards  the  hills;  while  Bob,  who  was. 
rather  weak  yet,  and  not  capable^  of  much  exer- 
tion,  said  that  he  woufd  watch  from  the  window 
of  tlie  hotel,  and  be  at  home,  in  case  of  David's. 

^  return,  to  explain  matters. 

In  this  way  they  began  their  search,  and  Bob 
waited  patiently  in  the  hotel.  After  about  an 
hour  Uncle  Moses  catfte  back.  On  finding  that 
David  had  not  returned,  he  looked  unspeakably 
dis^tressed ;  and  when,  after  a  short  time  farthftr^ 

"Both  Frank  and  Clive  returned  without  any  tidings 
of  the  fugitive,  he  began  to  look  quite  heart-brokenT 


t"9 


#i. 


.  ■#         .  '    •  •  ■       ■     -■    ■*   , 

DEUBEnATIOM  OVER  IHE  SITOATTOIf.  127 

Then  they  Wked  to  the  driver  iaboat  if  but 
he  d„ve.  M  give  the™  „„  iut^n^tio^t 
ever  Thoy  sent  him  over  the  hotel  to  question 
I  the  people.,  but^his  search  wai  as-va.^as  h" 
Others  had  been.  There  wasno  one  in  the  hotel 
from  the  big  landlord  down  to  the  scul  ion  wh  ' 
could  tell  anything  at  all  about  DavM  "'  "'"' 

.   »y  the  ^meall  these  examinations  and  searches 
had  been  made  it  was  after  ten  o'clock.    87/^1! 
had  b,en  served  at  seven,  and  seven  was  t he  hou' 
at  winch  David  should  have   been,  among  them 
He  had  been  gone,therefore,more  th^n  thre!  hour"' 
Even  the  boys  now  began  to  feel  uneasv     IT„ 
pie  Moses  and  all -the  boys  began  to  "  k  tb^"; 
h..s^to  find  some  way  otacooLing  for  Da'";::: 

"  No,"  said  Bob,  "  never      iZ  Ti  '*"'• 

snchathing."    '  I  know  he  never  did 

J/n   T^*^''  ''*™  *^^'"'  «  «'*'k  anywheres" 
-  d  Uncfe  Moses,  "or  he'd  been  back  long  'r-' 

houri;'/ark:..'raiaTir'^'^^™--''- 

he'd  :  ""'" '*'''  F'ank,"he  isn't  fond  of  ridine- 


he  had  to." 

"  ^'^  ^^  ^^y  ^"ything  about—  about H?" . 


■r 


ifoiV-  -tW'ti   .'  ^^ 


ts^ 


/*■■ 


Kit 


i'Sjt' 


s 


K  f 


128 


AMONG  THE   BRIGANDS. 


.     Uncle  Moses  hesitated  at  the  question  which  he 
^  was  about  to  ask. 

"  About  what,  Uncle  Moses?"  ksked  Clive. 
"About —  bathing?"  asked  Unde  Moses,  in  a 
faltering  voice. 

\    "  No,"  said  Clivo. 

Uncle  Moses  drew  ^  long  breath.' 
"It  would  be  dreadful  dangerous,"  said  he. 
"  But,  Uncle  Moses,"  said  Clive,  "  David  would 
never  think  of  such  a  thing.     He  might  go  in  if 
all  of  u^  fellows  went  in  too,  just  for  company ; 
but  he  doesn't  care  CLough  about  it  to  go  in  alone. 
The  fact  is,  he  doesn't  care  much  for  any  kind  of 
sports.     He's  too  fond  of  books." 
Uncle  Moses  sighed  heavily. 
"I  wonder,"  said  Bob,  "  if  any  of  those  Sorren- 
to fellows  have  been  about  here,  and  seen  him." 

At  this  suggestion  -every  one  of  them  started, 
and  stared  at  one  another. 

"Sorrento  fellers?"  repeated  Uncle  Moses. 
^'  Do  you  think  there's  any  chance  ?  " 

"  0,  J  don't  know,"  said  Bob.  "  I  only  thought 
it  might  be  possible.  You  see  Dave  made  no  end 
of  a  row^  there  about  that  tassel  that  he  took,  and 
you  know  how  we  had  to  run  for  it.  Well,  you 
know  Sorrento  isn't  very  far  from  here,  and  I  just 
thought  that  some  of  the  Sorrento  people  might 
have  seen  us  come  here  yesterday.     If  thoy  did, 


w  ; 


they  might  have  tried  to  pay  up  poor  old  Dave  for 
what  he  did  out  there." 


H 


"^S^Ci^4  ^'U'  .-^ 


(^ 


,.  *^-.^.,>',.-  f\ 


VARIOUS  THEORIES. 


m 


"Thl^r^T^  ^'"°'"  '^'^  ^"^^«  ^««««.  with  a  ffroan 

a  little   stroll   +1.      ^^'^°^^-     ^e  °iay  have  taken 
been      at  hi„g  all  night  for  the  2Z     Zly 

we  do  /    I II  g^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^.^^^  ^^ 

0    e„  followed.    On  sugge^ing  tt  S  Ln^tl: 

.« 'f tr;e'^;tt-^^^^^^^^^ 

it  only  added!  ^r    '  '"'  '""""^^M  over 

the  b<^'  '°  *■■'  '"'^'^•^of  P"«'«  Mose,  and 

at'lnce^iirCr^'H  t°  1"™  ""^  '^  ^"^-*o 
Dave  is  in  their  f'i     fH"  '^  *°°  >'«•    If 

-  ""},  "«  mayn't  be  there  it  L" 

wnere  else  is  Tie  ?  "  ~ 

"I  don't  know/' 

"There's  no  need  for  all  of  US 
9 


i.y.\^ 


^n,"  said  Bob,  who 


to  go,"  said  Uncle 


'■*■■■* 


130 


AMONG  THE  BBIGANDS. 


Moses.  "  I'll  go  alone,  and  you  boys  stay  here  till 
I  come  back.  But  I  don't  know,  either.  I'm  afraid 
to  leave  you.  If  David's  got  into  trouble,  how 
can  any  of  you  hope  to  escape  ?  No,  you  must  all 
come,  for  I  declare  I'm  afraid  to  trust  one  of  you 
out  of  my  sight." 

"  But  some  of  us  ought  to  stay,"  said  Bob,  "  for 
Dave  may  turn  up  all*  right,  and  how'll  he  know 
what's  become  of  us  ?  "  '' 

"  Wal,"  said  Uncle  Moses,  "  I'll  leave  word  for 
him  here  at  the  hotel." 

"  Yes,"  said  Frank,  "  that's  the  best  way.  None 
of  us  want  to  dawdle  our  lives  out  in  this  place 
all  day,  and  you  don't  want  to  leave  any  of  us  be- 
hind, Uncle  Moses ;  so  if  we  all  go  together,%e'll 
all  be  satisfied." 

A  few  minutes  afterwards  the  carriage  rolled 
out  of  Castellamare,  carrying  the  party  back  to 
Sorrento* 


M. 


u~>> 


t  'i^,  -.,j;:''*'"''rf;>-j.Vs^-i:"-'ss^Ji^'5iJf't:';.u^ 


A  GLORIOUS  SCENE. 


131       * 


CHAPTER  XII.     - 


ne  Waking  of  David.— A  glorious  Scene.  — A  Tempta- 
tion. —  David  embarks  upon  the  wide  wide  Sea.  —  Youth 
at  the  Prow  and  Pleasure  at  the  Helm.  —A  daring  Naviga- 
tor. —  A  baffled  and  confounded  Navigator.  —  Lost  /  Lost  I 
Lost  /  —  Despair  of  David.  —  At  the  Mercy  of  Wind  and 
Sea.  ->-  The  Isle  of  the  Brigands.  —  The  Brigand  Chief. 

N  the-niorning  of  that  day  David  had  waked 
very  early,  feeling  refreshed  with  his 
slumbers,  and  not  at  all  inclined  to  pro- 
long them.  Ther  c/thers  were  all  asleep,  and  the 
hoijse  was  silent.  As  he  lay  he  could  hear  the 
gefitle  ripple  of  the  water  upon  the  beach,  and 
feel  the  sweet,  balmy  air  of  morning  as  it  fanned 
his  cheeks.  For  some  little  time  he  lay  enjoying 
his  situation,  and  then  jumped  out  of  bed  and  went 
to  the  window. 

Immediately  in  front  of  him  lay  the  Bay  of 
Naples,  a  dark  blue  expanse,  with  its  border  of 
green  shores  and  white  cities,  overhung  by  a  sky 
whose  hue  rivalled  that  of  the  sea  beneath.    The 


braaiy  of  thrscene  was  80  exquisite  that  it  caffed 
him  forth,  and  unable  any  longer  to  remain  within 
doorS;  he  dressed  himself  and  walked  (^ut.    On  his 


-:^t 


132 


AMONG  THte  BRIGANDS. 


way  out  he  met  no  one,  for  all  /were  still  asleep. 
f  V,    He  had  to  unlock  the  door  to  let  himself  out,  atid 
,^'*    when  outside    he    saw   that    t^ie    street  was   as 
deserted  as  the  interior  of  the  \  hotel. 

Standing  at  the  door,  he  saw  tiie  eastern  sky  all 
ruddy  and  glowing.  The  sun  was  not  yet  up,  but 
these  hues  indicated  its  approach,  and  announced 
-  that  it  was  at  hand.  The  fertile  plains,  all  covered 
with  vineyards,  spread  afar,  extending  from  the 
outskirts  of  the  town  to  the  slopes  of  the  moun- 
tains, whicli  in  the  distance  rose  up  grandly,  their 
sides  covered  with  groves,  and  resting  in  dark 
shadows.  There,  too,  was  Vesuvius,  as  ever,  mon- 
arch of  the  scene  ;  and  the  smoke  that  hUng  over 
its  summit  stood  revealed  in  a  black  mass  against 
'    the  blue  sky.       , 

David  left  the  hotel,  and,  after  walking  a  few 
paces,  turned  his  steps  towards  the  sea-shore. 
Here  the  attractions  were  greater  than  on  the 
land,  for  the  blue  expanse  of  water  spread  itself 
out  before  him,  fencircled  by  shores  and  ■  inlands, 
and  all  the  congregated  glories  of  the  Bay  of 
Naples  were  there  in  one  view  befor^  his  eyes. 
There  was  a  beach  here  of  fine  pebbles,  which 
sloped  gently  into  the  water,,  and  upon  thi^beach 
a  number  of  boats  were  drawn  up.  After  wander- , 
ing  along  the  beach  for  a  little  distance,  David 


"eiitered  oHe  oT  these  T)oat8,  and  saf  down.  It  was 
a  small  boat,  with  a  mast  and  sail,  the  iatter  of 

.  which  was  loosely  furled.  Here  David  sat  and 
looked  out  upon  the  water. 


B  M,  «  ^ 


\- 


t-J» 


.%>P 


W~  ^  Jjife*  i.*l  **1  ^^W■^l^^^  A*l>4i 


f  v-s'Jr'-^  *.'viy*-t 


J,  / 


A  TEMPTATION. 


133 


The  glorious  scene  filled  lys  whole  soul  with  en- 
thusiastic  delight.  Upon.that  deep  blue  surface  his 
eye  was  attracted  by  several  white  sails  far  away 
that  moved  to  and  fro.  At  that  moment  it  seemed 
to  him  that  to  move  thus  over  such  a  sea  would  be 
equal  to  a  bird's  flight  in  the  blue  of  heaven:  and 
as  he  watched  the  boats  he  longed  to  be  iirihem 

Suddenly  he  thought  of  the  boat  in  which  he 
was.  Could  he  not  have  a  little  sail  up  and  down 
along  the  shore  ?  True,  he  did  not  know  how  to 
sail  a  boat,  but  he  could  learn ;  and  this  seemed  as 
good  a  tune  to  learn  as  any  other.  He  did  not 
know  the  owner,  but  on  his  return  he  could  pay 
him  what  the  excursion  might  be  Worth.  He 
could  float  lover  this  glorious  water,  and  move  up 
and  down  Within  easy  reach  of  the  shore,  so  as  to 
land  whenever  it  might  be  desirable. 

D^vid  was  not  at  all  an  enterprising  boy,  or  an  ' 
ad^turous  one.     He   was  essentially  quiet,  me- 
thodica  1    and  conservative.     It  was   not  because 
this  sail  was  a  ri^y  thing  that  he  tried  it,  but 
rather  because  it  seamed  so  perfectly  safe.     There 
fas  a  breeze, -he  felt  it, -and  the  progress  of 
^he  boats,  afar  off  on  the  water,;iantalized  him  and 
/tempted  him  on.    The  result /was,  that  without 
taking  much  time  to  think  aboiit  it,  David  yielded 
tojhg  inciin^t^Q^.Q£  tho^aem#tiir  ftDtl  pushing  tfag— 
boat  from  the  land  into  the  water,  he  let  loose  the 
ml ;  and  then  seating  himself  in  the  stern,  he  pre- 
pared  to  glide  over  the  wat^ri  •' 


Iw.v*.  )  «j 


# 


134 


AMONG  THE  BRIO ANDS. 


F  ';. 


-I 


About  sailing  David   knew  absofutelj  nothing/ 
He  was  not  eyen  acquainted  with  the' theory  of . 
^  BaiHng;  nor  did  he  know  how,  or  on  what  princi- 
*  pie,  a  sail-boat  moves.     About   steering-  he  was 
equally  ignorant,  nor  did- he   know  how  a  boat 
obeys  its  rudder.     But  he  knew  that  the  one  who 
Bails  a  boat  sits  in  the  stern,  and  holds  the  tiller; 
so  David  did  the  same,  holding  the  tiller  in  his 
right  hand,  and  the  sheets  in  his  left.  . 

The  wind  was  not  very  strong,  and  it  happened 
to  be  blowing  in  such  a  way  that,  as  he  unfurled 
the  sail,  it  filled  at  once,  a^d  the  boat  moved  liglil> 
ly  and  pleasadtly  alpng.  The  motion  filled  Dkvid 
With  deKght.  He  saw  himself- borne  on  past  the 
shore,  at  a  gentle  rate,  and  felt  that  the  moment 
was  one  of  supreme  happiness.  Thus,  holding 
^hfeet  and.  tiller,  he  resigned  hims|#f  to  the  joy  of 
the  occasion. 

The  wind  was  moderate,  and  there  was  nothing 
whatever  in  the  movement  of  the  boat  to  excite  the 
slightest  uneasiness.  The  wavelets  dashed  pleasant-  • 
ly  against  the  bows,  and  the  course  of  the  boat  re- 
mained sufficiently  straight  to  keep  her  sail  filled, 
David  8^  that  whatever  the  secret  of  navigation 
might  be,  be  had  unconsciously  stumbled  upon  it; 
and  finding  that  the  boat  was  doing  so  admirably,  he 
was  very  carefuj^^o  hold  the  tiller  straight,  and  not 
*o  "ovejt  tg  eitjj^  el^je^    SaJio  loaned  baok,  and 


luxuriated  in  the  pleasant  n^ion,  and  looked  up  at 
the  deep  blue  sky  that  bent  above  him,  and  around 


'tiSiV^yteJs^sl"''  \k'  "*.. 


<>  ; 


i  i^ 


\  1 


A  DAMNO  NATIOATOB.  135 

at  the  wJde^  expanse  of  water,  the  green  verdur 

that  h.3  course  ran  along  the  shore,  paraUel  to  « 

nowfaX"'-  ?r '"■'=^''' """-^'^Oatle  Ul' 
now  farther  awav  from  it  than  when  he  started- 
bu  ..  yet  the  disjanee  did  not  seem  exoes^  ti 

-oTnntr^  !""''"''^-    ^'■o™  '•™  the  ihorerao 
tT„     .    ,1  *"?"?»'«<»  o"  a  headland,  and  DavW 

tt!tri^tS^''«^--^--t^' 

p.^pp^i:r::rranT^^^^^^^^^^ 

any  human  being  wore  serenely  unconscons  of^^ 
unfitness.  Davids  frame  of  mind  was  one  of  Im 
'  „^;*f ".  ''^ioy^-nt.  He  was  quite  uncons^S 
of  tl  e  increaee  of  the  distance  between  h°s  b„^t 
and  the  shore,  which  grew  greater  every  Z^^l 
and  equally  unobservant  of  the  lapse  of  ti^?  In 
times  of  great  enjoyment  the  hours  fly  quX  b l 

tus  fle?.T  "t  ^^""^*'""  "'  feeKJ;^' 
At  length,  even  in  the  midst  of  his  happiness       '  \i 


-Bmnk  "4  '^      T  T«  Mtl  M  been  oat?    Be,. 

^^"*  -OBld/ehaverHrfrhadhl 
gMB7  He  looked  at  hi*  watch.  To  hie  ntter 
a»a.eme,t  and  consternation,  he  found  thaUt^ 


M-uJi-.-^-  i 


^ibsM*'"^ 


,1    ' 


136 


AMONG  THE   BRIGANDS. 


seven  o'clock  — the  time  fixed  for  breakfast.  He 
had  been  sailing  for  two  hours  at  least.  As  to  dis- 
tance, he  could  not  grapple  with  that  thought, 
but  turned  hastily,  and  looked  back.  That  look 
gave  him  but  little  satisfaction.  He  could  see  a 
line  of  white  at  the  skirts  of  the  sea ;  but  whether 
It  was  Castellamare,  or  Naples  itself,  he  was  unable 
to  guess. 

It  was.  a  wide,  sharp,  and' painful  awakening 
from  his  bliss  and  serene  delight,  and  it  was  an 
effectual  one.  No  more  placid  gliding  now;  no 
careless  voyaging.  Two  hours  !  Seven  o'clock  I 
Already  they  were  at  breakfast,  aid  waiting  for 
him.  They  were  wondering  about  his  absence. 
And  when  could  he  join  them  again  ?  Two  hours  ! 
If  it  had  taken  two  hours  to  come  thus  far,  it  would 
also  take  fully  as  much  time  to  go  back.  Go  back  ? 
And  where  should  he  go,  or  how  could  he  get 
back  ?  ;  .  ^ 

Thus  far,  David's  idea  about  his  course,  if  he 
can-  be  said  to  have  had  an  idea,  was,  that  it  lay 
alon^  the  shore,  and  that  somehow  he  could  go 
backus  easily  as  he  had  come.  But  now  that  the 
necessity  for  going  back  was  upon  him,  he  instant- 
ly became  aware  of  his  utter  ignorance,  for  he  had 
not  the  faintest  idea  how  to  turn  the  boat. 

There  was  no  time  for  delay,  however,  gome- 
1^^"^  ^.^l^Q  J_Q  jffl^^^i^d  that  immediately,  David 


"tnew  Ihis  much  at  least,  that  a  boat  could  be 
turned  by  means  of  the  rudder;  so  he  began  to 


t»«* 


A  BAFFLER  AND   CONFOUNDED   NAVIGATOR.       137 

.experiment  upon  this  part  of  the  vessel.  He 
,  pulled  the  rudder  towards  him.  The  boat  turned 
and  as  it  turned  the  sail  began  to  flap,  and  toss! 
and  snap,  in  such  a  way  that  he  grew  exceedingly 
nervous.  Suddenly  a  puff  of  wind  came,  and  the 
sheets  where  whijiped  out  of  his  nerveless  hand, 
Vhile  the  sail  thus  loosened  blew  forward. 

, David's  heai-t  quaked  at  this,  and  he. knew  noi 
what  to  do.     With  some  vague  idea  of.  bringing 
thdboat  back  to  her  former  position,  and  beginning 
all  (Wer  again,  he  pulled  the  tiller  first  to  one  side 
and  then  to  the  other ;  but  to  his  dismay  he  found 
that  the  boat  no  longer  obeyed  it.     Then  he  tried 
to  get\pos8es8ion  of  the  sheets  again,  and,  clumsily 
crawliiig  forward,  he  managed   to  secure  them- 
after  w^iich  he  crawled   back   to  the  stern,  and 
chngmgUo  the  sheets,  began,  as  well  as  his  ner- 
vousness  Would  allow  him,  to  try  a  series  of  experi- 
ments.     First,  he  pulled  the  tiller  towards  him. 
At  this  the\  boat  came  up  to  the  wind,  and  resumed  - 
her  former  ^ourse.     But  this  was  the  very  course 
on  which  hedid  not  wish  to  go ;  so  he  pushed  the 
tiller  from  hiih.     Upon  this  the  boat  fell  away ;  and 
the    flapping, \ jerking,   whipping,   and    snapping 
wh^ich  had  80  alarmed  him  before,  recommenced,' 
and  alarmed  hiip  more  than  ever.     For  some  time 
he  continued  this,  until  at  length,  as  he  brought 
4be  4H»ttt  up  i;a  i^e  ^wmd  oncelnor^^^^"" 


'         \      •""•♦^,  "loio  came  a 

fresher  puff  than,  any  Avhich  had  thus  far  blown, 
and  the  boat  lay  %  over  on  her  side.    Terrified 


■-•*>■_..:,.-« 'i.fe.>rJjlfi. 


a'  fsSi'* 


■  t: 


"  /•    I 


138 


AMONG   THE   BRIGANDS./ 


out  of  his  Wits,  David  had  just  sense  enough  to  put 
her  off,  and  then  dropping  sheets  and  4iJler,  he 
sank  back  and  looked  all  around  in  a  panic. 

This   puff  was   the   beginning  of  a   somewhat 
stronger   breeze  — a  breeze   which   would    have 
rejoiced  tlie  heart  of  a  sailor,  but  which  carried 
nothing  but  terror  to  the  heart  of  David.    What  to 
do  now  he  did  not  know,  nor  for  some  moments  did 
ho   even,  think.     The  wind  to  his  inexperienced 
senses   seemed    a    hurricane,  and    the   wkveleta 
seemed  formidable   waves.     For   a  time   he   lay 
paralyzed  in  tl>e  stern,  expecting  every  instant  to 
be   ingulfed;   but   as   the   time   passed,  and   his 
doom  was  delayed,  he  began  to  recover  himself 
and.think  about  whaj;  he  should  do  next.  ' 

^  To  him,  in  his  terror  and  anxiety,  the  first  neces- 
sity  seemed  to  be  to  get  rid  of  that  dangerous  sail. 
As  It  flapped  in  the  wind  it  seemed  to  endanger 
the  boat.     At  all  hazards  that  must  be  furled-  or 
taken  down.     So  once  more,  by  a  mighty  effort,  he 
crawled  forward,  and  gtasping  the  flying  sheets, 
he  drew  them  in,  and  tied  the  sail  to  the  mast,  per- 
forming  the  work  in  a  manner  whif(^  was  very 
clumsy,  yet  quite  efficient.     The  upper  partof  the 
sail  still  Remained  free,  bagging  out  a  little,  like  a 
balloon;  but  the  lower  part  was  tied  up  in  a  way 
that  would   defy  tlie   tempest  itself.     After  this 
i^^^^'^  ^^^^  safej:,^^d  crawling  back, iiedfewa  lonff= 
breath,  and  threw  a  fearful  glance  around. 
Some  time  bad  been  taken  up  with  these  expert 


W'-i- 


Aiin"'    i-«iS.i 


\' 


David's  anxiety. 


139 


ments  m  navigation,  and  as  David  l6oked,  hfe  saw 
tliat  the  jresult  had  been  not  to- bring  him  nearer  to 
CastellatOare,  but  to  take  him  farther  out  from  the 
Bhore.     The   nearest    land   to    him   now  was  an 
island,  but  what  island  he  could  not  say.     As  his 
eyes  wandered  around,  they  saw  nothing  that  was 
familiar.     A   mountain    appeared   over  the  land 
astern,   and    the    smoke   on    its   summit   showed 
that   It  must    be  Vesuvius  ;    but  it   had  a  diffef- 
ent  appearance  altogether  from  that  with  which 
he   Avas   familiar.     He    could    form    no    idea   of 
th^^course  which  he  had  taken,  and  could  only 
guess,    in    a   general    way,   where    Castellamare 
might  be. 

Some  time  before,  he  had  been  troubled  at  the 
thought  that  he  would  keep  his  party  waiting ;  but 
now  he  had  no  trouble  whatever  on  that  scorQ. 
His  only  trouble  or  anxiety  was  about  himself.  He ' 
felt  as  though  he  was  in  a  position  of  tremendous 
danger,  and  was  being  tossed  about  by  pitiless 
waves,  which  were  hemming  him  in  on  every  side, 
ike  ravening  beasts  of  prey.     In  reality  the  piti- 
less  waves  were  scarcely  waves  at  all,,  the  breeze 
was  only  moderate,  and  there   was   no  possible 
danger;  but  David  did  not  know  this,  and  so  he 
suffered  as  much  as  though  his  imaginary  danger 
was  real.  ** 

-"Meanwhile  ar^tldTof  the  sail  had  been  left 
loose,  as  has  been  said,  and  afforded  something  for 
the  breeze  to  act  upon.    Th^  consequence  was, 


•VlM.. 


Uo 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


had  already  not.'ced      P  °''  *•""''  ""^'d 

with  hiaeyes  fi'd  ,!"' T" ''""  ^'^  """•^'"^'i 
Vesuvius.     mf„  itTui  ,    "   'r'  ''^'^™'  ""<» 

see  that  he  was  innv.o  i  ,  ^^  ^^g^n  to 

Wore   ,„„;trrrer''"''Tr '''''''''"' 
excited  in  bis  mind  th^    ,  ■  *"'  Prospect- 

tention  was  now  d"  recL  """  ^^^  "'"'  ""  '"•'  "^ 
time  passed  slowirbuU,  r?    '  """  P'"^<^-    ^he 
about  tl.re«ToZ'afl   \     ,  ^T'  ""'^  "'  '^"gth, 
the  boat,  he  found  hi       »■'  '""^  ''^^'  '"<"•*«  t«rn 
that  he  c'ouMtp'astr:      "  *"  *"  "'^  "-^'-d 

rocks,  above  whi^h  grltt/ot  t  h  '"'"''''  "^ 
the  island  he  saw  houses  d  peopl'"  TT'"^ 
were  plain  and    etniU    .„a    .f*^  ''^  ''""'es 

kboring  in  the  fie  Ms    '  dTv  d-    t  T^^'^   "^^""^d 
ing  all  Italian  peasants  a^t  ^"'''"'^  "=""«'''«■•■ 

hi»  mind  a  fear  wh  ch   ,    '^"r''''  '""'  '^'''^'^  in 
On  this  lonelyl  laid  H     '^'Tf '"  ''^^''  ""^■'^"•''S. 

be  brigands,  ^hot'ldtre'Itt  ""'"t"™  "'s''' 
and  from  whom  hi  could  h„„et  "^  '''"^■''  P-^' 
than  those  early  shinwrli-T,  "'*  "°  ''<'««'• 

seas  about  whom  he  7  f"*  T""""  '"  'hese 
■nnch.    He   conZtuLt^d    >  •'^"^  """^  »"""«d  »<> 


hft-l  homo  hiiu  t„  u  Z       T   "  '""'  *""  I'wt 
mjgM_be  secure  from  observation,  and 


,-> 


,^:aa 


^»«W<>»w»wj««»^ 


r  r 


*     DAVID'S  FfeARS. 


141 


fset,  and  forced  a  g'^ve  S       ^""t'^''*"'^  ' 

dense  for  David  to  ffoTr:  c  """  '"^'^'"'t'y 

to  leel  secure  from  observatmn    . 
The  grpve  ran  along  the  edffe  of  th»  ,  °,f ''*'"">. 
distance,  but  was  of  n^    ^  .  i  *"''  '"^  '°"« 

as  he  peered  tCugh  L^IT      "t"  ^"^  ^-'d, 

<!.oaded  neighborhood  of  ZZ:^:  I"  !^ 
island,  and  it  was  with  Vf  .  ,Sands  of  the 
tion  that  he  rZgl^aiXV' %T  '"K"'^ 
shelter,  the  insuffid  "ey  of  Ws^,  °' ""f.  t^^'^"' 

be  avoided  'ho  W^a^v't  '"T'  •=-""»'  '™S 
Already  he  be^an  tTf.!!  i       ""  ""'"""S'  ^^^ 

his  return  to  hiffrienda     H^T"'"'  '"  '"^'""  ■ 


ment^d  learlulanspection  of  the  scene,  he  beg^ 


;    / 


IK5s2»lnJ",«'J  '.i-^y-,    ,   .    ■) 


i-y^ 


/ 


142 


AMONG  THE  BBiaANDSL 


to  moveTorward  cautiously,  so  w  to  make  a  more^ 

!fr!!?..  '""'^  "^'i"  «P^"  eround  on  the  other 
sjde  ol  the  grove.  , 

Stealing  forward  as  noiselessly  and  as  warily 
as  poss,b  e,  and  keeping  himself  carefully  under 
the  shelter  of  the  heavier  foliage  and  denser 
underbnish,  David  worked  his  way  on,  and  al 
length  found  himself  on  the  other^ide  of  the 
grove,  where  he  could  peer  forth  through  the 
leaves  of  a  laurel  bush  upon  th6  scene 

»  r„*i  T  ^"■?-  *  ^'■^'"  '""*'^'"^'  '^Wch  ran  up 
a  moderate  declivity  till  it  reached  a  house.  The 
house  was  a'sm«ll  cottage,  of  simple  and  neat 
appearance,  and  it  stood  not  more  than  a  hun- 

we-   fei;  t!  ^"S"  "f  ""e  grove.    Cattle 

were   feeding    ,n  -the    meadow.    To    the    right 
was  a  vineya«l,pand  on  the  left  an  olive  grove 
On   one   <^^  the  olive    grove   there   mn   a 

Zse     '^'^"'  "'^  *''°*"  *'  ''""'^  '"^"ds  the 
All  tWs  David  took  in  at  a  glance ;  ■  but  he  also 

Baw  spmething  which  made  his  heart  beat  quick 

with  excitement  and  anxiety. 
He  saw  a  man  I 

_!Phe  man  was  standing  in  front  of  the  house. 

^ffil"  *•*.  '^'  T'^'  '"•«»*shouIdered,  bearded 
juffian  with  a  red  shirt,  and  a  slouching  felt 
Hat    A  short  piDearaa.™  >-: — -  ■•  ■ 


.,  ^  ^-gEewas  in  hia  mootb,  stuofc-into 

Wmassofhapbichcdiei^dThrrowtlTof 
his  lace.    His  hair  was  long,  and  dark,  andt^ 


rt.  ••■'•■•;  .•- 


■■'■   t?f%€«E«s^ 


■I  J*  t 

THE  BRIGAND  CHIEF.  243 

and  was  engaged  'on  /«'"  t"**  *"*  *«^' 
to  be  cleaning^        '^         """'  "''"^''  •>«  ^^^'"ed 

thongh  to  avoid  "oleCt;  """'^'""^  '»'^'  -■ 

and  tu'T' •„V'r'''''r.r''''' "'"««'  ^---j. 

stumbled  up^^th^  T1  *^\'^">'"i«.  he  had 
formidable  fiZet  "°  ""•    ^"   "'at 

style,  and  iafhlt  belr; frer'  ■«"'•  '"'^  ''"^-<' 
brows  and  slouohingtt  he  ,'  T  '"^''^  ^^^ 
him,  from  that  diSoe'  iitTh!  T  'r"'''  "^ 
in-plaoable  Pra  Diavolo  himself  "°"'^  °''  '""^ 

couHrormtMXt'h'  n;  ^"  .r-  *-  he 

%•  He  started  back  dete™  "  "'"  '"""'^^  'o 
boat  once  more  sTZ  ''!"V™"""«  '»  ^^ek  his 
less  oautior  than  hef^'""."'  '"'  """  he  was 
a  long  tendril  of  «^'  ^""^ '"""'''°«  ''i'  <•«>*  ™ 
ing,  he  r"l  ,  T'  f '"P"'  ""^  '■o'h    In  faU- 

othrtho™    Plait        .'  r'"''  ^°"«  "-'•"  <" 
flesh,  cauZg  tve™  pain*\  ^'""«,  P'«^<""'   "^^ 
a  ory  burst  \om   h1m'^'''^,,^lfP-i«  °f  himself 
-^mmw^r^^  Jim,    The  cry  wag  iustautly      ■ 

^     »  retreat.    But  first  he  looked  fear- 


I  f,- 


l  ■■■'. 


'.  _.  1 


■  ^t  ■ 


ir 

144                         AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 

\ 

IK 

fully   around    to    see   whether  his   cry  had 

dis-* 

W' 

covered  him. 

1 

As  he  did  so  his  heart  sunk  within  him. 
The  brigand  chief  had  heard  him ! 

1 

He  was  walking  straight  towards  Mm  I 

• 

■ 

« 

. ;  '■ 

:■     .   ■ 

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■' 

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9 

I 

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*  0    "fW  i^ ; 


HtM.l^.lM,..^^^   V. 


DAVID   CAPTURED; 


145 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

^(i'vid  Captured.— The  biir  hr,,ir  I.     ,     . 
mSS"'  'y."'!":- David's  Plea  f or  Merc,       n 
*"«— The  Robber- s  Hold.        "" '-^ '"'^'''"""' *sfair. 

consciousness  of  lii,  „k„-  u  ■  ,         """'"y-    ine 
with  desnair    ^L  ^-  '"''P'<'«™ess  filled  him 

out  afl  '  'gnorance  of  Italian  put  it 

h    wra      „7r;  '"  '''^»™  '"«  '■"••y  0.  depCe 
mentsTw      /  T  P"™"""-     '"  '^e  few  mo- 

2"*    "'at  mtervened  between  the  first  diaooverv  > 
that  ho  was  seen  and  the  arrival  of  his  enemy  hZ 


had  left  behind.     Re  thought  of  their  grief     sl 
otaer.     That^  ^.^Ae,  those  friends,,.that  loving 


'■£.&. 


t 


n  -Ai 


146 


AMONG  TBE  BRIGANDS. . 


,  mother,  he 'now  might  never  see  again.  /  Farewell  ' 
all  dear  ones  I  Farewell,  bright  past  /  Farewell' 
sweet  life,  and  glad  light  of  day  !  S^ch  were  thl 
.thoughts,  gloomy  and  despairing,  that  filled  his 
mind  and  tormented  his  heart;  and>t  the  moment 
that  his  pursuer  entered  the  grove  and  stood  he- 
iore  him,  David  looked  up  with  pale  face  and 
trightened  eyes,  and  something  like  a  sob  escaped 
nun.  ^ 

The  bi^,  burly  brigand  stood  before  him,  and' 
eyed  him  from  head  to  foot.  He  was  very  tall,  and, 
indeed,  to  Dpvid  he  seemed  gigantic,  whi^e  his 
right  hand  held  the  rifle,  like  a  walking-stick.  He 
looked  at  David  in  silence,  and  scanned  him  curi- 
o^ly  all  over ;  and  David's  e/eST^iich  had  at 
first  sought  those  of  his  captor  in  timid  entreaty 
:  Dow  sank  before  his  stern  ga;?e.  ,      ' 

'-  "Cosa  volete?^'  said  the  brigand.     '' Doiide  ve- 
nite?"  in  a  deep  voice. 

"Mn  capisco,''  Mtercd  David,  bringing  forth 
the  only  Italian  that  he  knew. 

At  this  the  brigand  was  silent,  and  again  sur- 
veyed him. 

"  Parlate  Italiano  ?  "  he  asked,  at  length. 

« Nor  said  David,  in  a  tremulous  voice ;  for 
he  understood  the  meaning  of,  those  words  well 
enough. 

■  ■    n  m  -=_-  .said  the  brigand,  and  then,  "  Pattez 
V0U8  Franfais  ? "  '  ^ 

"iVb/'gaid  David. 


I". 


:5ahtEi 


"itiia*  \: 


%^>:c  -¥'•.  ■'*5**^  J^tjffti 


\^,  -^(f^^  'ur,r  ^'' 


K^v; 


'TOE  BIG  BULLY  op' iBBioANB..  UJ 

">or«,  apparently  Ute  curS^!  t^T      Z" 
nationality  of  his  prisoner  ZZ       /  '  ""^ 

-•3.f  con,.unicatfon  witX      "'  '°™  --«  "- 
David  shook  hjs  head. 

his  looks    "nTLZ  IZt^''"^ ''' ^'^^'^r  froM- 

David,  dress  showed   hi  "to'hT^^  ""■^'"  ""■ 
youth,  while  his  face  JZlJ     f  ■•''■•'P'='=toble 

a'ity ;  for  his  con-plexSi^l'tk^  7"'  "^"'°"- 
•  sallow,  his  eve,  rfLt  i     T-   ,  *'  ""''  somewhat 

'and  hi's  fraJe'Xntr '         *""■■  ""'"  ""^  ^'-^g''*' 

more  returning  to  the  eiana"  «on      '"^'""•'"''"> 
David  shook  his  head.     .  „        .    ■ 

At  this   the  bVigand  frown«fl   ^j      '        ^      ' 

\-Japsed  n.to  sil,n^  i^  3^r  At  l"  Tr 
^ade^  a  further  effort.  "  '^"^^^  ^« 

ef  vating  his  eyeS  "■  "  """-S^'ve  to^, 
, -David  shook  his  head.      V 


•^ 


\ 


148 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS.' 


^L^ 


/^     When  Datid  shook  his  head  at  this,  the  brigand 
/    turned  away  in  disgust,  and  stood  for  ^  few  mo- 
,^  ments  meditating.     David  felt  his  fate  to  be  hang- 
ing in  the  balance,  and  stood  in  deep  suspense, 
watching  with  anxious' eyes*  the  facip  of  llis  captor. 
But    the   heavy   beard    and    mustache,   and    the 
slouched  felt  hat,  concealed  all   expression  ;  nor 
could  David  see  anything  there  which  could  at  all 
lessen  his  anxiety.     He  thought,  however,  that  if 
he  could  only  communicate 'in  some  way  his  mourn- 
ful story,  and  let  his  captor  see  that  he  had  came 
here  unintentionally,  and  only  wanted  to  get  back 
to  his  friends,  he  might  excite  his  compassion,  if 
indeed  there  was  any  compassion  in' the  gtern  soul 
of  this  awful  being.     It  was  David's  onl^  chance, 
-    however  ;  and  so,  putting  his  hand  timidly  on  the 
brigand's  arm,  he  pointed  towards  the  shore,  and 
•^^  waved  Ms  arm  towards  Naples. 

At  this  the  brigand  stared ;  but  seeing  tljiat  David 

persistently  pointed  in  that  direction,  hb  walked 

oflF  through  the   grove   for  a  few   paceib,  till  he 

reached  the  top  of  the  bank,  where  the  lj)each  ap- 

.  jpeared  before  him,  and  the  boat  drawn  up  on  it. 

'  David  followed  him,  and  as  they  came  ini sight  of 

the. boat  he  pointed  towards  it,  and  then  touched 

his  breast,  meaning  by  that  to  show  that  the  boat 

was  his. This  the  brip-and  at  once  understood 


and  after  once  more  staring  hard  at  D|ivid,  as 
though  anxious  to  ascertain  whether  he  wa^  speak- 
ing the  truth  or  not,  he  bounded  down  the  bank. 


f     * 


,.; 


3S1011 :  nor 


A  TEBBIPIC  INQUISITION.  I49 

and  strode  towards  the  boat,  which  he  examined 

narrowly,  inside  and  out.    During  this  time  he  paid 

no  attention.to  David ;  but  tothe  poor  lost  lad  this 

mdifference  gave  no  hope.      He  knew  that  there 

was  no  escape  for  him.     He  felt  that  on  this  island 

the  bnganji  was  f  upreme,  and  any  effort  to  fly  ■ 

would  only  be  worse  than  useless.     So,  instead  of 

trying  to  fly.  he  followed  the  brigand,  and  came  up. 

to  where  he  was  standing  beside  the  boat. 

.    The  brigand  examined  it  very  narrowly  outside 

and  mside.     He  inspected  the  bow,  the  stern,  and 

the  rudder.     He   knelt  down  and  looked  under^ 

neath.    He  stepped  inside  and  examined  David's  - 

clumsy  fastenings  of  the  ml  These  excited  much 

mterest,  apparently,  and  caused  prolonged  study 

on  his  part.     To  David  all  this  appeared  perfectly 

mtelhgible,  and   very  natural.     The  brigand  was 

evidently  examining  his  plunder,  tp  see  what  it 

was  worth.     David  felt  an  additional  pang  of  grief 

at  the  thought  that  he  had  sequestrated  the  proper- 

ty  of  some  innocent  Castellamare  fisherman,  and 

diver  ed  It  into  the  possession  of  brigands,-  but  he 

consoled  himself  by  the  thought  that  if  he  ever 

escaped  he  could  hunt  up  the  owner  and  make  good 

the  loss.     Escape  for  himself  was  the  first  thins     ^ 

and  he  tried  to  hope  that  the  boat  might  prove  a 

ipgesufficiently  valuable  4^.^Ufyt\m.  miud-of-^ 
the  brio-an^    anA  a: t-      \ 


the  brigand,  and  dispose  himlp  mercy  and  com- 
passion.  So,  as  the  brigand  inipected  the  boat, 
David  stood  watching  the  brigand,  and  looking 


'4^ 


&  -«.*-. 'A, 'ia».V.  U**" 


\- 


■r 


.fl 


:-<!>?  ;\-'!';j(^- 


150 


■'4'i^ 


■     'N 


AMONG  XHE  BRIGANDS. 


earnestly  to  see  whether  there  were  |iny  signs  of 
a  relenting  disposition.  But  the  face  of  the  brig- 
and preserved  an  unchanged  expression  ;^and  af- 
ter he  h^  examthed  the  boat  to  his  satisfaction, 
he  once  more  confronted  David,  and  the  poor,  for- 
lorn, despairing  lad  saw  that  his  aspect  was  as  ma- 
lign, as  ferocious,  and  as  truculent  as  ever. 

David  determined  to  make  a  further  effort. 
There  was  nothing  else  to  be  done.  He  felt  that 
he  must  pacify  this  ferocious  being,  disarrn  his 
hostility,  appease  his  cruelty,  and,  if  possible,  ex- 
cite his  (?m»pdssion.  To  do  all  this,  it  would  be 
necessary  to  express  himself  by  signs  —  for  he 
could  not  speak  the  language ;  and  though  signs 
seemed  very  inadequate,  yet  he  had  to  resort  to 
them.  He  had  heard,  however,'  of  the  skill  of  thrf 
Italians  in  expressing  ideas  by  means  of  gestures, 
and  he  hoped  that  this  man  might  gain  some  mean- 
ing from  his  unskilled  efforts. 

So,  first  of  all,  he  tried  to  tell  the  brigand  that 
he  was  from  America.  He  laid  one  hand  on  his 
heart,  and  waved  the  other  towards  what  he  sup- 
posed to  be  the  west. 

The  brigand  nodded  solemnly,  and  seemed  td 
comprehend  what  he  wished  to  state.  It  gratified 
David  to  see  this,  and  to  notice  also^  that  the  brig- 
and was  very  attentive,  and  fixed  his  dark,  stern 


iytsa  upon  4iim  with  closeslr  srcnitiny. 

The  next  thing  that  David  tried  to  tell  him  was, 
that  he  had  friendfa  witli  him. , 


'   .v>t 


r'^S 


i     ♦ 


■•■:':':m-' 


SIGN  LANGUAGE. 


161 


,.,-^ 


This  he  did  by  pitting  his  breasl,  waving  his 
arms  around  him,  smiling,  and  touching  four  of  his 
fingers.  \        '     A: 

The  brigand  nodded.  He  bad  ap^rentiy^ 
the  idea.  .  "    V 

D^vid  was  very  much  encouraged. 

The  next  thing  to  be  told  was,  that,h^  and  his 
friends  had  gone  on  an  excursion  into  the  Wntry. 

This   he   did'  by  prancing  along  the  sahd,  an^ 
snapping    an    imaginary   whip ;    after   whiteh   he  " 
pointed  to   the   opposite  shore,  waving  hi8\hand 
along  the  country.  '  \ 

The  l^^igand  nodded  again,  and  appeared  de'^ply 
interested.  \ 

The  neVt  thing  to  be  told  was,  that  he  had  ptit 
off  in  this  boat.     •  ' 

He  waved  his  hand  towards  Vesuvius.    Theu 
he   lay  down  on  the  sand,  and  pretended  to   be\ 
asleep.    He  then  rose,  yawned,  and  rubbed  his 
eyes.    Then^^went  to  the  boat,  pretended  to 
puStr^Tand  hoist  sail. 

The  brigand  now  nodded  very  vigorously,  and 
it  began  to  be  evident  to  David  that  his  story  was 
making  some  impression.  *" 

He  now  wished  to  explain  that  the  boat  had^ot 

beyond  his  control,  on  account  of  his  ignorance^f 

navigation,  and  that  he  had  drifted  or  been  blb\^n  " 

-upon  this  sltore. 


.V 


To  do  this,  he  pointed  <to  the  boat,  then  to  ||im- 
self ;  after  which  he  sigheld  and  looked  dow|[  in  a 

t 


__v^^&!S*.*i% 


r 


163^ 


jfAilONO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


melancholjr  way.  Then  he  got  into  the  boat  and  ' 
shook  t^e|8ail.  Then  he  jumped  out  and  rocked 
It  as  violently  as  he  could.  Then  he  sunk  back  on 
one  knee  |irith  folded  arras  and  upturned  face,  in- 
tending  b^  that  to  indicate  despair.  Then  he 
waved  hW  hands  all  about,  and  pointed  td  the  boat 
^d  ta^he  sea;  and  then,  pointing  alternately  to 
the  boat  and  to  the  sea,  he  waved  his  hands,  try- 
mg  to  indicate  the  track  over  which  he  had  passed 
while  approaching  the  island.  After  this  he  paused, 
and  turned  a  supplicatory  look  at  his  captor. 

.  Thereupon  the  brigand  nodded  vehemently,  as 
before. 

And  now  one  t|1ng  yet  remained  for  David  to 
explain,  and  that  was,  his  own  position.   [Ee  wished" 
to  tell  the  brigand  that  he  knew  he  was  in  his 
power,  and  that  he  would  pay  any  ransom,  if  he 
y  would  only  restore  him  to  his  friends. 
^    To  explain  this,  David  took  the  big  hand  of  the 
brigand,  and  put^it  upon  his  head,  stooping  down 
low  as   he   did   so.     Then  he  waved  his  arms  all 
around,  and  moui^nfully  shook  his  head.     Which 
meant,  that  he  yas  in  the  brigand's  power,  and 
would  not  and  c6uld  not  escape.     Then  he  drew 
forth  his  purse,  tapped  it  several  times,  held  it 
out  to  the  brigand,  waved  his  hands  towards  Na- 
pies,  slapped  his  breast,  and  jiointed  to  the  brig. 
•  and  and  to  himself.     Which  m>.ant,  ihut  h^  .vp^fd 


pay  any  money;  that  he  had  ftiends  in  Naples  who 
would  treat  with  the  brigand  for  his  release  on  his 


^:-i(#i. 


THE  CAPTOR  AND  ms  CAPTIVfi.*"  I53 

and  his  concluding.offer  '"'  '''"■7' 

eral  times  gravely  and,  thouffhtCnIlv      ti       t 

looked  at  the  boat,  and  then  ft  nl-:,        f".^" 
at  the  sea     t:,  n       ."./'"'"  ^t-  David,,  and  then 
"f  '^*-    ^°  ^"""i  It  seemed  as  if  the  bri»„na' 
wastry,„gto  trace  the  boat's  devious  tLkter 

toiheii^d^i'L— Stt;r  '"•' """" 

until  at  length  he  seemed  Mi  """"^  """«' 

»l80  to  have   come  t-f^       •'""''''"'"<'"• ''''<' 

course  of  c::d„:r'  •"  '*'""°° «'"'"'  •■'^  <""• 

DaWd-rre'a^'  " Afte"  'h"TT  ''''"^'  """  "^'^  ''  »» 
»d  nodded  '"'"'  '^  P'''"'^''  t"  ''^-15 

thnncrK'  *K    <-    .  '  '^  ^^^"   captive.    Al- 

t  forma     tl^nf  :ft  ^^.-'O-'.  .^* 


^ff,  WlBe  cottage  bejond  the  grove     After 


•» 


J-  \ 


^»t 


r-   •': 


154 


AMONG  THE  BIIiI0AND8. 


pointed^  to  the  island  and  nodded,  pointed  to  Na- 
pies  and  shook  his  head.  ; 

By  wjpch  David  understood  him  to  say,  "  You 
are  my  prisoner.     I  hVe  in  that  house.     You  shall 
^e  kept  there.     You  can't  escape." 

Then  the  brigand  raised  his  gun,  and  nodded  at 

David.     Then  he  slapped  the  stock  of  it  several 

!  times,  fixing  his  keen,  glowing  eyes  gloomily  upon 

the  lad  as  he  did  so.     Then  he  waved  his  hand 

towards  the  sky. 

By  which  David  understood  the  following:  — 
"  You're  my   prisoner  I      You    cannot  escape  I 
If  you  dare  try  it,  I  will  shoot  you  !    You  can  no 
more  escape  than  you  can  fly  in  the  air  I  "  ' 

Then  the  brigand  pointed  to  the  boat,  and 
touched  his  breast.  ^  ^ 

By  which  David  understood,  —  ''  " 

"  This  boat  is  mine,  and  I  will  keep  it  as  my 
lawful  prize."  ^  , 

Then  he  waved  his  hand  to  the  hciu^e,  and  then 
pointed  to  Naples.  After  which  he  brought  forth 
a  purse  from  his  pocket,  tapped  it  significantly, 
pointed  to  David,  and  then  to  Naples. 

By  which  David  understood,  — 

"  I  will  keep  you  as  a  prisoner  up  there  in  my 
house  till  I  cominunicate  with  your  friends  about 
5^our  ransom,  and  find  out  how  much  I  can  get  for 

After  this  the  briganci  pulled  the  boat  farther 
Tip  on  the  beach,  and  thbn,  beckoning  to  David  to 
follow,  he  strode  off  towards  theiotise. 


sSij^.,.  ^'^iii^V^-Afet  /'/, 


•A  "V  ..-  it  A*»«'if    ''  i-  '-  - 


Batidcabbied  orp. 


155 


Slowly  and  Badly  poor  David  followed:  and 
hope,  wl.,ch  had  fbr  a  »„„,ent  revived,  be^n  to 
d.e  out  w,tl.,n  him.  Ho  had  been  decei^d  bv  the 
demeanor  of  the  Wgand,  during  his  ow"  de8cn> 
t.on  of  h,8  «"'||fe«'anderi„g,  and  had  mista! 
«'"/";,"'""?'«»"'>«  only  ofdinary  atten- 
SL„  m'^';^^  brigand,  when  he  had      > 

tear  toN^spair,'  Wfhiercilese  allusion  to  David's 
capfve  state,  the  rude  appropriation^of  him  as  a 

[hir'  I  !?'  ^""'P  °f  '"■"  "^-^  the  ferocious 
hreat  w.th  the  gun  ,  and,  finally,  the  display  of 

rll  ^^  '""'^''V'«'"''^o''«'«noeto^  money  and. 
ransom,  all  conv,nce\l  David  that  he  h,^  to  do  with 
one  who  was  a  strang^fo  compassion*  a  ferooioue 
and  ruthless  nature,  w^hout  pity,  and  without"" 
mor  e.  And  now,  as  h^  captor  led  the.,vay  to 
tl,a  honse^he  felt  that  he  ^  being  conveyed  to  a 
prison,  frdra  which  his  eseaW  walindeeT  m,«„,! 
^n;  for,  though  he  knew  thi  ullg:^?^  ^ 

,»;*u  u-  ^-1-  —  ?P1p  to  communicate 

.  ^.  h,^m^r  not.    On  the  whole,  WtKe^aflll 

t!,    f  K-'     ''  ""''  *'■"  ''"''o  «<■*••«  ruffian  in 
fi^^qf  him-seemed  like  the  march  of  i„evitabk 

\^  ^°''*^"'' J**" ';"°''-  '"J  ""'"  w'A.t 

waTw  •       5      "i     ^'^"''^'■"e  '"'»  t'"'  field,  they  / 
walked  on  towards  the  house.     As  they  drew' 

nearby  D«videaw  signs  that  were  notl^S 


■£'m 


■>^   '^■^ 


156 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


«> 


m  keeping  with  the  rough  exterior  of  his  eneiy 
for  m  front  of  the  cottage  there  were  flower8\in' 
bloom,  which  appeared  to  be  cultivated  bj  soiie 
^  careful  hand ;  but  a  moment's  thought  showed  dI 
vid  that  this  might  be  tlit3  work  of  the  robber'< 
•    wife.    Jhe  -prospect  of  meeting  with  a  woman  al. 
torded  hope  ;  for  whatever  the  husband  might  be  ^ 
the  wife  might  be  gentle,  and  pitiful,  and  woman' 
ly;  ai^  David  drew   hope  from  the  flowers;  for 
the  orffe  that  could  have    tastes  like  .these  might 
not  be  altogether  hard  and  implacable ;  and  as  the' 
giants  and  ogres  of  the  fairy  books  had  wives  who 
^  generally  were  willing  to  help  the  victims  of  their 
husbands,  so  here,  in^the  wife  of  this  Italian  ogre 
Pavid  hoped  to  find  one  who  might  be  as  merciful 
as  those  of  fairy  lore. 

At  length  thoy  reached  the  house,  and  the  brig, 
and,  after  waiting  for  a  moment  for  his  prisoner  to 
come  up,  entered  the  door.  David  followed,  and 
found  himself  inside.  • 

The'  door  ^pen(*d  immediately  into  a  room.    It 
was   largG  and  low.      The   floor  was    paved  with 
red  tiles,  tnd  the  walls  were  of  wood,  varnished 
Around  the  walls  hung  numerous  pictures  with- 
out frames.     In  diff-erent  places  tltere  were  con- 
•fused  heaps  of  clothing  and  drapery.    The  clothing 
was  rich,  though  fantastic.    In  one  corner  was  a 
WramevwithHrmor^apend^;  while  over  thfg,  off- 
the  wall,  he  saw  arms  of  differ^it  kinds +- pistols, 
^arbfties   daggers,  and  blunder^Fusses.    The  fash- 


7. 


^i.*;' 


-V- 


THE  EOBBEB'S  HOLD. 


157' 


4J 


Dav  rt  nnV;!  J  •        ■       '■  "'■namisr*  which   even 

board    anr?  «  «i        ^"P°'^'  ^  ^o"i8  Quatorze  side- 
board,  and  a  classic  tnpod,  stood  in  a  row      Some 
Chinese  tables  were  in  one  corner.     In  th    c^uTre  ' 
ot  the  room  was  a  fah]«  r.f  ^      •  ^estre 

rockmg-chair,  in  which  lay  a  ^uit-,r  T^T  ]  T 
Bcenfi  sfrnnt  rf  -J  ,  .  guiC'ir.  I  he  whole 
scene  struck  I^avid  as  being  perfectly  in  keeping 

lvnf*i,„j      •".     >'^"""'»"<Ji^em]ndcdhra  vivid- 
ly of  the  descnptions  which  he  had  read  of  the 

I^^te.  the  Pirate  „/ the  Jil^l^tart: 


.!,'.    * 


"  'K 


■<p       ^■•Jhx  '-— ™w»(r<?-4t^jT^ 


158 


AMONG  T^  BRIGAIfDS. 


CHAPTER  XIV; 

On  /A^  IVay  to  Sorrento  ttgain.  —  A  mournful  Ride  ~A 
despairing  Search.^ A  fearful  Discovery.- The  old 
.  ytrago  again.  -  In  a  Trap.  -  Sorrento  aroused  -  Be^ 
Steged-All  lost.-A  raging  Crcwd  ~  The  howling 
nag  -  Hurried  Consultation.  -  The  last  forlorn  Ho6e 
—Disguise,  Flight,  and  Concealment. 

*^^'  ^^  ^  ^^^®  ^^^^'  ^^'"^  carriage  rolled  out  from 
Castellamare,  along  the  road  to  Sorrento, 
freighted  with  its  anxious  load.     All  were 
silent.     Uncle   Moses  was  weighed   down    by  an 
anxiety  that  vvas  too  deep  for  words,  and  sat  bent 
forward  with  his  head  buried  in  his  hands.     The% 
boys  respected  his  feelings  too  much  to  say  any- 
tiling,  and  consequently  they,  too,  sat  in  silence. 
They  were  far  from  feeling  anything  like  despair, 
however,  on  David's  account.     Before  they  started, 
Bob   had   as8ure(^   therij   that   ''Dave"   was  "all 
*rtght,"  and  woiiM  Ju\n  \^p  before  long  somewhere 
—  an  assurance  which  Frank  and  Clive  accepted  as 
^  a  perfectly^ sound  and  reliable  statement;  and  so. 


F~*hey  wem  sitenT,  iT  wrslioOTTSm^hlht"^^^^ 
of  care   or  sadness,  as   of  sympathy  with  Uncle 
Moses. 


:; 


(I      .t 


.A'^.W-^t^W^y^p^.!    ||^K  ^^^mi/iM^^^^^fu 


if  .  n-'n 


ON  THE  WAT  TO  SOEBENTO  AOAm.  159 

tor'To^ir  ■'r'''  "•' *'^ '™'"  «- 

in  wagons,  a„4ao^:rho    rack  7„™«-';°- 
with   the   earnest  requesrof  rTn  >      ^""^-^'"'^ 

driver  questioneaallTese^L?*  T'  "" 

a^ked  the  same  question Tf  a^      "'  ''""''"""''  "'"^ 

yeirf:;:  i^ir  12  d 'T  r'-"  •'"•^  "•""■'  ««-- 

gray  dress?"      '       ''  '^'"'^  '"'"■'  ^""°w  face,  and 

•   "No." 
And  at  each  fresh  answer  Uncle  Mo.p«  *.     m 

one  was  filled  wi/j "  1,/^  r^^"'^^'  ^"'l  «very 
one  in  tliat  Hnl„  1    .  <«'hu8.asm.     Then  no 

profoiraid :  .sr„^xr  ^^i'^ ", "-»- 

addition   to  a   bnv'J   ..•■' w  "'"'"''  ""''o-  in 

fonhaiithl^ol^elSf Xr-'^^^-S'-t 

peculiarly  his   own     ?    ,         *    "' "''"'^'' were 

The  nearer  tev  drew  tts    ""T'  "'"^'■•'   "^^  >>«'       ' 
and  pressing  id  ^h  ™'°'  **"  """•«  "''Son' 

Grad„;uy  the  spectljr:^ ;; :::  „7p"rr '• 

began  to  affeof  fh^  i  /  uncle  Moses 

fidLe  theyb^a^  toT  ^      '"  '^'"'  °^  ^•"'''  »»• 
iBg  over  dem,  5      "  ''*'  "^  ""P'^"'*"'  ^^  »t«»l- 


■■■fiilSir».f.\.i;4^'/[it'f'.s>%. 


t^l^''.. 


:J 


■r^^       ... 


160 


AMONG  THE  BRipANDS. 


A  little  way  out  of  Sorrento  the  driver  halted 
and  spoke  to  Uncle  Moses. 

He  felt  a  little  troubled,  he  said,  about  taking 
the'  carriage  into  the  town.  He  reminded  them  of 
the  rec^t  uproar  of  the  people,  and  their  narrow 
escape,  and  warned  them  that  if  they  were  rec 
ognizQ^^i  they  might  again  be  assailed. 

But  this  warning  fell  on  heedless  ears.  Uncle 
Moses  was  decided  to  go  on.  Jf  David  waa^ny- ' 
whore,  he  _  might  be  in  that  very'tbwn,  a  piWer 
in  the  hands  of  those  foolish  people  who  took  of- 
fence  at  nothing.  If  they  wished  to  save  him,  they 
must  go  into  the  very  midst  of  the  people,  and 
save  him  from  their  vengeance. 
At  this  the  driver  drove  on.  -; 

About  a  half  a  mile  outside  the  town  thej^ over- 
took  an  old  woman,  and  the  driver  stopped,  and 
put  to  her  tli^^ulual  question.'  As  the  wamm 
looked  up  they  all  recognized  her  at  once. 

Slie  was  their  old  friend,  or  rather  enemy  — the 
virago  herself,  and  no  other  1 

At  the  driver's  question  she  stared  at  them,  and 
at  once  recognized  them  all.  A  dark  and  gloomy 
expression  came  over  her,  and  if  glances  could 
have  injured  them  they  would  have  been  blasted 
on  the  spot. 

She  stood  there,  and  after  the  driver  h4d  asked 

-Iha  question  aim  -glared  at  theinTor  some  time  in 

silence,  looking  frcJhi  one  to  the  other.     Then  she 

fltretched  forth  a  long,  bony,  skinny  hand,  and 


^<ilfei*4.i¥f  ^«      1      -''**.(       "^1 


Mki, 


.3^Ssu.i-' 


"^"•>4*rjt'^"^""->'y" 


w 


SEAPPEARAHCE  OP  Tbf  nr,>  J 

OP  THE  OLD  yjBAOO.         m 

™oek  It  at  them     Tho„    i,    ,  ■ 

^shrill,  veno.„o„s  strnMof  H       '''  '■°'"'  ■"  "  '""g.  ' 

• "  What  does  she  efv7"  ,  ?    '  ^^'"'"■'e'^'*"-'- 
the  driver.       .  ^'     '^^^  Pncle  Moses, of 

•  "  0,  nothing,"  said  the  driver     «  si.       ,    " 
oirse ;  and  she  say  she  willT  *  '       ^*  ""^^  <'°«» 

And  once  more  th«   7        '  vengeance." 

•  to  go  back.       "';*''"  '^"^«'-  "god  Uncle  Moses     '■ 
■     But  this   appearance  of  «.^     • 

threats  only  roused  Uncle  Mn      '';''^°  """^  ^-^^ 
•-.,minktion.    He  w„=  "'"^   *<*  fresh  deter"    * 

be-Sn  seized  LesIT'*"'  «''"  »-'1  h,^'    ~ 
woman  was,  perli  ^r'"'™'"''V  and  that  this    .l 

the  driver  assuf^d  ht ^'7'.*°  *""^ '°  ^'''  '"'t 
she  was  crazy,  and  tiSff  h  ""'  "'!^'  *"' 
'"formation  tW  „.U8  It         ^.  «'»»«e<^  gain        . 

They  n«w  Ed  Th.    '"'""""'  *'''«^«™- 
leng  entered  the  tovtn  T  J"'°^^^^'  "°*  ''efore 
Uuole  Moses  at  once  iTf,  T")^^  "■«  ''<'*«'•  '   ' 
appearance  of  th/cIrSl      .'""•^'M-    -^y^e         ' 
landlord  l«>ked  a  litHe"?'  "'"'  P«*P'g«"*^he 
ef  Uncle  Moses  he  Z^edslnr   ""''  "'  *''«  '"I'^T    ' 
a'  to  David  he  knernnft       T^  ''"'"''''ed.    Bat 
"Had  hn  hoaTj^l^!   u°^ ''^''*^''°'^■ 


where  ?  "   ' 

■'"No  — 


arrested 


any. 


"H»Hi,"°u'''''^  "*»"•"  ■ 

H^tei^of  any  „„ebei„g  arrested?.. 


4^  ; 


fgailist  tiien)  ?  " 
"0^  CM||lainly  —  for 


l^reats- 


&'whg\^^f^&  iMlt  day 


"•i# 


■•v:k- 


.^S^^ 


,'  "V 


r|ti)ta8  nothing  but  tlir&ats  against  the   sao 
^P^yi^gfotfe  fbre\gnera  j  but  tlje  feeling  had  subsided 
"'    e.     Still  their  appedlimce  in  Sorrento  would 
It^doubtedly  rouse  the  poQple  again,  and  the  land- 
:  lord  urg^d  them  for  their  ,5pivn  sakes  to  hurry  away 
"  as  fast  as  possible  back  to  ^stellamare. 
^     But  Unqle  Moses  refused, to  think  of  this.    He 
Was  here,  and  here  he  Wouldi'Temain  tintil  he  had 
found  David.     He  wanted  the  landlord  to  help  him 
ili'tflis  tasl^.    liei'  him  go  out  and  mollify  the  peo- 
ple in'  ^y  way,  -and  ^e  if  he  coirid  find  anything 
'  ab()ut;ithe  lopt  boy.     He  promised  to  pay  any  sum 
to  tile  landlord,  or  anybody  else,  if  they  would  only 
effect  his  resque.    .        • 

This  promise  acted  powerfully  upon  the  land- 
lord's cupidity,  and  he  thought  that  at  any  rate  it 
would  be  well  to  try.     Sd  he  told  Uncle  Moses  to 
wait,  and  he  wguld  see  what  could  be  done.     He 
thereupon  left  them,  and  UiK^e  Moses  and  the^bc^s 
walked  up  stairs  to  that  sf 
had  dined  before,  when 
eached   their   ears4 
aited  in  silence. 
THjty  did  noF  havt 


If: 


■  fS 


not  more  than  a  qua 
minutes,  when  hurried 


oom  in  \vhi9h  they 
roar  of  the  people 
ey  satL  doWn  and 


,Tt  very  long.  ~ irwai" 
n  hour,  or  twenty 
ps  were  heard,  and 


1 1 


M 


k' 


A 


the  landlora  rtshed  in,  followed  hv  th.  1,  • 
Both  were  agitated  and  disturled     it  tl  ■"™'- 

"::;i:rdtsr'"\-'"^ 
'':'i>XrjeVi^:::i#^^-^^^^^^ 

Af  tu;\,  TT    1     ,r     "*^P®"Pie'     J^»u  are  lost  I " 

though  Prank  could  fnf      ^        ^"^  ^^"^^'•'  ^"^ 
J^^tr«iJ?^  ^'  ^°  ^^"^  ^^"«®d  all  th^ 


at  the  huildJag^-aiK} 


curses  at  thoste  witWri  "and^  mTT  """  7®**®^  out 


■^  /- 


.«^»,.^- 


>'*•! 


\^' 


>'- 


" 


;i'l 


164 


AUONO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


\  ■  ■ 


bold  boy,  but  this  sight  was  too  much  for  him. 
iHis  heart  sank  within  him,  and  he  involuntarily 
shrank  back/  farther  out  of  sight. 

Soon  thej  people  outside  began  to  throw  at  the 
party  within  something  harder  than  words.  Stones 
came  flying  through  the  open  windows,  and  one  of 
these  misfittles  came  .very  close  to  the  head  of"^ 
tlncliB  Moses.  The  landlord  rushed  forward,  and 
closed  all  the'shutfers,  and  bkrred  them,  while  the 
boys  gathered  around  Uncle  Moses  as  though  to 
'protect  him  from  those  savage  assailants  without. 

"What   shall   we    do?"    asked  Frank   of  the 

driver.  \  ,  *      . 

The  driver  shrugged  his  shoulders. 
"Can't  we    drive  'through    them    as  we   did 

-before?"  'v_  . 

"  Dey  have  put  a  guard  aiwie  gate.    Dey  pre-  ^ 
I  pare  dis  time  —  an  not  let  us  go." 

"  Isn't  there  any  hack  way  ?  "  asked  Frank,  once 
more,  of  the  landlord,  who  now  rejoined  them,  after 
X  having  barred  all  the  windows, 

'*  Dere.is ;  but  de  people  are  on  de  guard."    * 
*^Axe    there   no    soldiers    about — no  police? 
Can't  B^qae  one  go  and  get  help?" 
•  The  landlord  shook  his  head^ijespondingly. 

"  But  there  must  be  some  way  of  gejtting  rid  of^j^ 
thftni"^,"   ""^^  FranW/  Impatlfiuijy.    ^*  Can't  yon 
explain  that  it  was  all  a  mistake?" 
The  landlord  sighed.  ^ 

"I  haf  try,"  he  said,  in  a  doleful  voice.    "  And 

"  .  *  \ 


ft 


-  .^ 


;■'■ 


HUBBIED  GOMBULTATION. 


165 


dey  say  I  mus  put  yoii  out  of  de  house.  Dat  I 
can  not-  do  -^  so  I  sail  haf  to  soffaire.  Listen  I  " 
And  at  that  momeDt  the  crash'  o^  glass  below 
interrupted  him,  and  formed  a  striking  com- 
mentary on  his  remarks.  «  Dey  vill  bre^k*rie  vin- 
dow,"  said  h^  «  an  dey  vill  try  to  break  de  dbor; 
but  I  haf  bar^ricade  as  well  as  I  can."  /- 

"  Are  we  at  all  safe  ?  "  asked  Frank.  ^^ 

The  landlord  shook  his  head. 

"Not  mooch.  If  dey  get  enrage  enough,  dey 
break  in,  andMen"  — a  significant  shrug  ended 
the  sentence.  "  m 

"  Have    you    any    arms'—  fire-arms  ?  "    aske 
Frank,  after  a  thoughtful  pause. 

"  I  haf  a  small  shot  gun." 

«  Give  me  that," 'interrupted  Frank. 

"  But  I  haf  no  powdaire,"  said  the  landlord. 

At  this  Frank  turned  away  in  despair. 

*^  Can't  we  get  to  some  other  room  than  this  ?  " 
he  asked  of  the  driver.  "  Isn't  there  a  place  where 
we  can  have  some  chance  of  defending  oursel 

The  driver  had  been  silent  for  sbme  tim^ 
buried    in   thought.  ;  He  did    not    hear  Frank's 
Words,  but  as  he  spoke,  he  looked  earnestly  at  him 
and  said, —  ,  , 

"  1  haf  a  plan.    Ifemay  be  no  good  —  but  it  is  de 

Ah,"  asked  Frank,  eagerly,  «  what  is  that?  " 
You  must  all  disguise." 
"Disguise?" 


t« 


S&.. '.».'? f'-*yijt  V  *  ^\i*  '-*- "  »'^iis-,-«  ••*  »''«ii 


166 


iUONO  THB 


J~ 


i: 


"  ^®8  "TiiftBihA''^'^^'    ^  ^^^^  *^y  *°  '8®t  some." 
^'Bvif^mH^WBm  r&d^nj^e  us  all  the  same." 
1  «  No  ^—  de  »pian  *  is  dis.     You  all  disguise  — ^|tay 
below  —  I  sail  sit  iti  de  carriage ;  de  hor||e  ari*  all 
,  ready  now.     Ef  de  peojile  do  brealfc  in,  1^  will  all. 
rush  up  stair  to  here.     You  sail  be  down  stair  in 
de  stable.     De  moment  de  crowd  com?,  I  will  hul" 
de  gates  opened.     You  sail  spring  in  —  an  den  n 
whip  up,  an  make  a  fly  for  life.     You  ond'stan?" 

The  di^iver  spoke  hurriedly:     Frank  understood 
him,  and  at  once  approved,     .j^this   the  dr%pf 
went  off  to  get  the»iandiord  to  prxjcure^  fem(^ 
.dresses.     That  worthy   hurried   away,  and^soo! 
%      returned  with  about  twenty  gowns,  bonnets,  and 
,;     petticoats.     These  he  threw  upo^j.the  flodr,  and* 
:  ^™Pte^*^^®"^  *°  ™^^®  ha^e,  fbr^e  people  out- 
side ^fea-d^^  talking  dl  getting  a  beam  to  battel  in 
'  Sfel^^iS^'®^*     ^®  ^^^  ii&aplored  them  nortoi  buTthey 
scorned  his  prayersi  ^-^--^ 

Upon  this,  the  boys  be'gan  to  put  pn  the  dresses, 
^Jguising  ti^mselye^as  well  as  they  could.  It 
was  yery  <Slu^jr#6fk,,ftndi«i»e  uncer- 

jtoin  abm^  tlllji^ro|rer  way  of  feftening  them;  but 
diM^and'tha  landlord  assisted  them.  The 
^esse^Wr^hose  of  Italian  peasant  women,  and 
require^  no  very  elaborate  adjust|ftent.  Some 
cbatse  bonnets,  of  an  antique  type,  were  stuck  on 


-# 


*^'  '■'W- 


^BBeir  Beads;  and  served  to  cbiicefl  tteif^short^air 
and  faces. 

With  Uncle  Moses  they  had  very  much  trouble. 


,"N^ 


"^ 


>., 


PBEPABATIONS  FOB  LEAVINO. 


At  first  he  refused  positively,  and  only  con- 
sented when  he  was  assured  that  the  safety  of  thQ 
boys  depended  upon  his 'disguise^  So  he  yielded 
reluctantly,  and  allowed  the  driver  to  officiate  as 
lady's  maid.    °  '  , 

No  sooner  iNras  this  task  concruded,'than  the 
landlord  and  driver  hurried  them  down  stairs',  and 
through  a  passage-wlay  into  the  barn.  Outside,  in 
the  court-yard,  was  the  carriage,  with  the  horses 
reiady.  The  hostler  tvas  sent  to  the. gate  to  fling  it 
Open  at  the  driver's  signal,  and  the  landlord, 
stimulated  by  a  promise  from  Uncle  Mose.?  of  a 
large  reward  in  case  of  his  rescue,  returned  to  the 
hotel,  to  operate  upon  the  crowd  from  that  quarter. 


j^ 


.  < 


« 


Snc^    s 

T^" 

"4 

/,.  • 

• 

^>. 

** 

V 

j._... 

' 

*■ 

—    Wa'  %' 

^   .      ^„ 

i 

■  / 

**'  -. 

*    .  .   '. 

j'         • 

161 


AMONG  THB  BBIOANDS.  / 


\  j  CHAPTER  XV.   .  . 

<  <«■.■■' 

In  the  Robber's  Hold.  — The  Brigand's'^^ Bride.  — Sudden^ 
amazing,  overwhelming,  bewildering,  tremendous,  as^ 
founding,  overpowering,  and  cn4shing  Discovery. —  The 
Situation.  —Everybody  confounded.  —  The  Crowd  at  Sor- 
_  r^nto.  —  The  Landlord's  Prayers.  —  The  Virago  calls  for 
Vengeance. 

|HE  brigand  put  his  gun  down  upon  the  sofa, 
and  motioned  to  David  to  take  a  seat.     He 
then  left  the  room,  and  David  heard  his 
Toice  calling, — 
.      "  Laura  1     Laura  1" 

A  light  footstep  sounded  in  the  n^  room,  and^ 
the  brigand  returned,  followed  by  a  woman.-  - 

This  woman's  appearance  astonished  David.i 
She  was  a  lady.  She  was  young,  beautiful,  bright 
as  a  vision,  dressed  simply,  but  in  the  modem 
fashion  altogether.  She  had  a  very  sweet  face, 
and  a  bewitching  smile,  and  as  she  entered  she 
looked  at  David  in  some  surprise.  ' 

Then    this    great,  big,   bluflf, .  bearded,  broad- 
Habouldered,   beeUe4wnvtj4,   brusqtifrHbully-no^ 
brigand;  this  fierce,  ferocious,  bloodthirsty,  re- 
lentless, ruthless  ru£^n ;  this  hard-hearted,  im- 


/•f^v. 


THB  BBIGA^'S  ACCOUI^  OF  DAT^.  169 

placable,  inexorable  villain;  this  cruel,  vengeful, 
vindictive,  griping,  grasping,  scowling  fiend;  this 
demoniac  miscreapt,  without  pity,  and  without  re- 
morse,  opened  his  mouth.  >  J 

And  this  is  wl»t  he  said,  in  fipsirate  English  I  —. 

"See  here, Ldiira;  I've  picked  up  a  poor  wretch 
of  a  Bohemian —  can't  speak  a  wordmf  an^^  lan- 
guage, and  had  to  explain  by  signs/  /Well,  yuu 
know  I'm  gl-eat  on  gestures ;  so  I  worked  his  story 
out  of  him.    It  seems  he  came  to  Naples  with  his 
father,  mother,  and  two  sisters,  and  they  all  went 
on  horseback  up  Vesuvius.    Well,  somehow  they 
were  captured  by  brigands,  and  wer^  carried  off; 
but  the  father,  who,  I  believe,  is  a- medical  man^ 
managed  to  drug  the  food  of  the  scoundrels,  and 
carried  off  his  family.    Well,  they  ^ot  to  the  shore, 
found  a  boat,  and  set  out  for  Naples.    After  sailing 
a  little  distance,  a  squall  struck  the  boat,  and  it 
upset.    All  were  drowned  except  this  poor  lad, 
who  managed  to  cling  to  the  boat,  and  drifted,  or 
was  blown,  ashore  here  on  the  cove,  just  down" 
there,  last  night.    5e  was  senseless  all  night,  and 
.only  came  tohimself  a  little  while  ago,  and  I 
picked  hifl^^.j^st  as  he  was  reviving.    He  says- 
he  18  alonei^^B  jfR^e  world,  and  has  appealed  to  me 
^  help  him,    Pbpr  lad  I  my  hewt  feirir  aches  ibr 
hiifl.    flejsftys  heh^sn^t  jot  a  penny  ofmnrifty, 


U> 


ISdimpl^^  ine  to  help  himT  Of  course  I've  tried 
to  comfoijlr  him ;  for  I've  told  him  thit  "be  may 
a»ke  my  hofuse  his  home,  and  I've  promised  to 


'vVi 


■t?" 


V 


170 


AMONG  THE  BRIOAl}pS.i 


give  him  whatever  money  \4  wants,,  and  move 
heaven  and  earth  to  get  hina  Iback  to  his  friends, 
if  he  has  any."  '        - 

During  this  astounding,  speech  <^e  lady  had 
.  stolen  over  to  David,  ;^nd  sitting  hf  hia-  side,  she 
placed  a  soft  hand  tenderly  on  hia" head.  As  jfeie 
story  was  being  told,  her"  eyes  filled  with  tears, 
and  leaning  forward,  she  kissed  the  poor  boy's  pale 
brow^  When  it  ende'd  she  murmured  in  English,* 
that  was  even  better  than  that  of  the  "  brigand,"  -.- 

"  Poor  boy  !  poor  boy  1  5}  Walter,  dearest,  how 
I  do  wish  I  coijld  speak  Bohemian^  so  |^  to  tfeij 
him  how  sorry  I  feel ! " 

And  what  of  David  ? 

What  did  David  think  - 
•  Nothing.     Nojt  a  word  I 

DaviSh  was   mralyzed.*    He  was   stunjp 
gasped*  for  brelih.  / 

And  80  this  was  his  brigand-r- the  brutal^  the 
beetle-browed,  the  cruel,  ^;he  bloodyvjjamded.i-  thp. 
inexorable,  the  demoniaif  and  ajl  the  r^st  of'itl 
He  gasped' for  breath,  as  I  think.  I  Jiave  tjready 
remarked ;  .and  as  the  ex-;brigaii^  want  on  vriti^ 
narrative,  David  listened  ix  a  dazed  wa^,  _^ 
iDega'n  to  undorstand  that  Jhe  language  of  g^urea 
has  its  Httle  uncertainties.  But  wheti  the.  lady 
kissed  him,^and  wheljk'hei-  sweet  voice  spoke  x^de 

WOf€re  i>r,  p4t_J*j  liy^^jjolriti  t^tcuiU — TO'.'^O  aVliKVI**^ 


feel  —  say  ?. 


:;5 


His  voice  cftme  to  hi 
"  O,  how  I  thank 
0,  what  a  fool  I  amVS^ .' 


e  burst  forth, 


(^^ow  good  jfiu  ax^  r 


»    .  aaid 

k.          HI 

^'      Ame 

'.    ■"  Up 

■t'    oflai 

"     peal, 

-''       hOU8( 

^"br 

chair 

■;  .vVf'A 

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guag 

,»   pne- 

■•^^■T-ha 

think 

jinglt 

'"-   andC 

'.  hm  hi 

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Lu 


THE  fiXfLANATIQSa^, 


ihi 


171 


AndTie  coiiM  say  no  more.  .  <      '      i 

Not  a  ^ord  more,  on  my  honoi^J  - 

\,/It  was  .now  the    turn  of  *  the  otliers    to    be'     / 
flurprised. 

The  lady  ^^art^d  back  in  wpniier,  and  looked  at 
David,  and  then  at  her  husband.     The  e^rigand 
started   back  also,  and  stared  at  David  in  utter      ' 
bewilderment. 

"  What  1 "  he  roared,  in  a  deep,  thunderous  bass 
vpice.    "  Say  that  again." 

"  O,  I'm  an;^AmGrican  —  and  I'm  silch  a  fool  1 " 
said  David.     "  Why  didn't  I  tell  you  so  ?  "       •    ^  „   .. 

*i  An  American  !  "•  roared,  the  ex-brigand.     "  AnCv  j'* 

American  1 " 

.  7-'    .  .  ■.  s      • .         •  * 

Upon  this  he  burst  into  a  perfect  thunder-peal  ^^'^ 

of  laughter.     The  laughter  came  forth,  peal  after 

peal,  in  long  arid   deafening   explosions,  till  the 

house  vibrated  with  the  sound,  and  till  at  last  the 

^fex.brigand  sank  ©xl^sted  into  the*  Oiastonbiir^ 

chair.  ■    l  i 


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f  An  American  1 "  h^  cried ;  «  ari^  think  of  me  -4 
ha,  hrf^  ha  I  — asking  you  if  you  spoke  every  h^.^ 
guage  inihe  world  —  ha,  Jia,  ha  !  —  but  the'Vight ' , .  ^ 
Qne— hft,  ha,  ha  1  —  and  speaking  every* language ' 
^  ha,  ha,  Jha  I  —  but  my  owh  ^-ha,  ha,  ha !    And  to 
think  of  us  two  Am'er^<»ad^  —  Ha,  ha,  ha  I  —after  ♦ry. 
'ing  Italiap — ha,  ha,  f^l  v^ and  French,  and  Spanit "^ 


■'  i^^  ha,  ha  ^-^ifeBtl4ie4  I  -*  only  think,  Laiya^^i  v| 
';  ii%  ha,  bar  HerWn(J*I~,ha,1ia;-hal^flp«idinit   '^ 


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172 


AHOKG  THE  BRIOANDS. 


^  an  hour  in  making  signs'  to  each  other  — ha,  ha, 
ha  1  — but  'pon  my  life  it's  too  bad  in  me  to-be 
howling  out  in  this  fashion,  my  poor  lad,  when 
you're  in  the  midst  of  such  deep  affliction,  vl 
Bwear  I'm  sorry.     I  forget  myself." 

"  But  I'm  not  in  any  affliction  at  all,"  said  David, 
"Whatl    What's  that?"  cried  the  ex-brigand, 
"  Didn't  you  lose  your  fa.ther  ?  "      . 

"  No."  ^  .  * 

"But  your  father,  and  mother,  and  the  rest  of 
them—" 

"No,"  said  David.  "You  didn't  quite  under- 
stand  what,  I  wanted  to  say." .  And  he  then  pro- 
ceeded to  tell  his  story  in  plain  English.  He  was 
listened  to  with  deep  attention  J  but  as  his  story 
turned  out  to  be  so  different  from  the  first  report 
of  the  ex-brigand,  the  lady  stole  an  arch  look  at 
her  husband,  and  her  eyes  fairly  danced  with  fun 
and  merriment.  But  the  ex-brigand  bore  it  ad- 
mirably ;  and  as  David  ended,  and  showed  himself 
to  be  in  no  such  deep  affliction  as  had  been  sup- 
posed, he  once  more  burst  forth  in  a  fresh  peal  of  ' 
riotous  langhter.  •         #  . 

Upon  this  David  ventured  to  hint  at  hJfe  own 
*late  fears,  and  on  being  questioned  by  th^ lady  he 
confessed  frankly  what  had  been  the  intirpreta-V 
tion  that  he  put  lipon  the  signs  of  the  ex-brigand. 


_tt 


Well,"  said  thai,  worthy,  "  I'm  not  a  brigsmtlT 
jll.    I'm  an  artist." 

l^'l'itt  fure  I  don't  wonder,  Walter,"  said  the  lady^ 


-■'•*.    1 


,  THE  EXPLANATION.  l^S 

"You  dress  yourself  up  in  such  an  absurd  fashion 
—  and  I've  always  told  you  that  this  room  looks 
like  a  bandit's  den." 

^'Nq,   no,  ifeura^^ay  ^n  artist's  studio.     How 
'  could  I  get  along  without  my  furniturer-^  As  for 
my  dress,  it^s  quite. in  keeping  with  the  place  and 
the   people.     Its   picturesque,  and  that's   all  aa/ 
artist  is  bound  to  consider." 

Further  explanations  followed,  in  the  course  of 
which  it  appeared  that  this  ex-brigand  was  % 
Walter  Ludlow,  an  American  artist,  who,  for  the 
time  being,  was  living  here  with  his  bride.  They 
had  been  married  th^eie  months.  The  island  was 
Capri.  They  were  enjoying  love  ^in  a  cottage, 
which  cottage  was  furm*»hed  iri  an  artistic,  rather 
than  a  fashionable  s^lray.  They  lived  here  quite 
free  from  restraint,  and"  the  artist  occupied  the 
time  partly  with  his  ar«,  and, partly  with  general 
ehjoyment.  Neither  of  them  felt  at  all  inclined  to 
leave  Capri  for  some  tiij^e  to  come,  but  thought  it 
the  pleaaantest  place  in  the  world. 

Ludlow  happened  that  day  tp  be  qleaiiing  his 
gun,  with  the  intention  o^  going  on  a  shooting 
excursion.  The  noise  which  had  been  taade  in 
the  wood  |>y  David  had  startled  him,  and  he  had 
gQfte  to  see  what  it  was;  x^th  the  idea  <liat  some 
cattle  had  strayed  along  the  shore,  and  werA 
"Coming  anto^Ee  fields  and  gardeirt. 


wi4 

'■•<,s 


When  Ludlow isxi^a'ined, his  ffestures  to  David, 
4  OirJatter  confessed  whar&rpretationiw 


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174 


AMONG  THE  BBIGANDS. 


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had  put  on  them,  further  laughter  was  elicited 
from  the  ftin-loving  artist,  in  which  his  wife  joined, 
and  David  plso.  Jjudlow,  as  soon  as  he  was  in  a 
•condition  to  speak,  proceeded  to  explain  what  he 
,.  really,  meapt.  His  gestures  werii  all  ii^tended  by 
him  to  express  the- folio  wing  id^s;-r-' 

1..  I'm  an  American.  "     , . 

2.  I  don't  live  here  —  I  only  lodge. 

3.  I'm  an  artist.  ^ 

4.  I'ln  very  sorry  for  you,  and  I'll  take  care 
of  you.        .  ■       .      J  '   ' 

5.  I'm  ^oing  out  shooting  stwn.  ^ "   *"   „ 

#.  Don't  fret.    'I'll  take  care  of  you,  and  thq* 
boatitoo,  as  long  as  you  like. 
'  ..lit  I  live  in  that  house  up  thei^,  and  you  can 
8t»y  ther^  till  you  hear  from  your  friends.         .  '* 
But  ^rs.  Ludlow  now  retreated,  and  before  long 

,,«.he   had   a  table   set  for   their  young  ^uest,  at 

"*  ^hich  David  took  his  seat,  ajpd  ate  with  an- appe- 
tite that  had  l^een  sltstrp^ned  by  his  long  fast. 
While  at  the  table  Ludlow^  questioned  hi  to  more 

-  particularly  about  his  friends,  and  where  h^  had 
left  them. 

'  «  Well,  David,  toy  la<^,"  skid-  the  artist,  at  length, 
"I  should  like  ^ery  mucl*  ^  htfVe  you  stay  wilb 
us  for  a  time;  ad(i  if  you  coul^,  I  feel  Confident 
that  I  could  show  you  what  would  well  i*epay  you. 
Are  yuu. aware  ilmt  on  rllift  island  is  one  of  the 
WondiiFs  of  the  world --*ihe  famous  grot^?  I 
^Jiould  like  to  take  you  thefie—butlfco  hof  M: 

',    ■  ;.;;'^i|-.  .(a  ■       ,'•  •■■■■■■■■.    ■'     '  '.V  ''k  r'k^ 

\     '  ■    -''  ^-    '■-■'■'''-■  \    ■■'  ■■■■■■"-.>,  v^-C^        ■♦■•',;••-        ..,■-;*; 

V  *  ^"    '■ '•.'(■'.■"-y  ■  ■   ,  \,'      ,      .f>      ■» "  "    ,«•.••■ 


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IN  SOEBENTO. 


17.5/ 


ifl.  As  you  say,  your  uncle  will  be  wild  with 
anxiety  about  you,  and  wJU  have  no.  peace  till  he 
hears  from  you.  So  I  su^ose  the  best  thing  I 
cm  do  %  you,  is  to  restore  >ouNto  him^rst  of  all, 
and  then  arrange  for  a  visijfrdm  you  ail  on  some 
future  occasion."  ■ 

David  thanked  him  very  earnestly,  and  dwelt' 
i^ngly  upon  the  anxiety  of  "Uncle  Moses  under 
the  circumstances. 

:"  Well,,  my  lad,"  saidv Ludlow,  "*!  think,  you'd 
•Best  go  off  at  once,  and  I  m\jan  to  gd  with  you. 
Unibrtunately  there  is  a  heyd  wind,  just  now,  so 
#at  we  cannot  go  to  Ca^tellamare  without  taCking^' 
too  long  a  time.  The  beit  way  will  be  to  go  oye# 
to  Sorrento  from  this  plaft^  and  take.a  carriage,  or 
horses,  to  Gastellamare."  v  '  * 

;      This,  ijroposal   pleased  David,  .glreatly,  And  as 
X«dlaw  Was  r^ady  to  start,  ',|ie  ro«0  to  go.    Mrs.  ' 
Lu<ilow  baSe  him  good  by,  and  pressed  him  aH 
fe«ti'onatuly  to  come  back  with  hi^nViends. 

fojjtt  short  iime  they  were  fikthe  boatWnd  afloat. 
Lttdlow  wa«  a.;^ood  sailor,  and^  tlie  wind  ^as  favor- 
able-^fijr  a  passage  to  Sorrentd:!:  ^Jhe  distance-was 
traversed-  quickly  and  pleasgntly^  a^d  then,  leav- 
ing ,th©  boat,  they  walked  up  iirto  the  town  towarcjs  ' ' 
the  hotel,  to  see  about  gottijtig  a  cdnVeyance  to  ' 
Castellamare*' 

■-Ttr^i;Rey -appfoacTe^  IIT^^  they  beenine 
aware  of  a  great  tind  unusual  crowd  «in  front  of  it. 
Tl^  crowd  reminded;  David  .very -(prci 

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176 


AMONG  THE  BBI0AND8. 

A 


one  which  had  b^n  raging  there  a  few  days 

before,  and  excited  some  trepidation  in  his  breast. 

Involuntarily  he  hung  back,       *'  ,     - 

"  What's  the^  matter  ?  "  igked  Ludlow.  -      / 

«  The  mob,"  said  David ;  "do  —  do  you  think 

it's  safe  to  ventui^  among  them  ?  " 

"^afe  ?     Pooh  1     why  not  ?  " 

"  f  hey  appear '  to  be  excited.     Hark  !  how  they 
shout." 

"  0,  nonsense  I    These  Italians  are  always  shout- 


V 


mg, 

But  David  still  hesitated,  and  finally  told  Lud- 
low about  the  trouble  with  the  taSsel,  and  the  old 
woman,  and  the  mob,  and  their  escape. 

At  this  story  Ludlow  laughed  heartily,  and  then 
|>roeeeded  to  reassure  David. 
^"  Don't  be  alarmed,"  said  he ;  "  they  won't  re- 
member  you.  If  they  did,  I've  got  something 
that  11  make  them  keep  at  a  respectful  distance ; " 
and  he  touehed  his  breast  significantly.  "  A  six- 
shooter,  David,  my  boy,  is  a  very  -  convenient 
tfjing  to  carry  abput  one  in  this  country,  and  it 
ia'  surprising  how  ^e  native  mind  respects  it. 
So  come  alo^g,  an3  ^i^e— that  is,  I  and  my  six- 
shaoter'll  — take  care  of  you.  Don't  be  uneasy. 
They've  got  something  else  on  their  minds  now." 

With  these  words  Ludlow  walked  on,  and  David 
|ulluw«*d,  fnttof  feat".  •  ~~ 

fhe  crowd  in'  front  of  the  hotel  web  in  a  great 
state  of  ratge  and  excilieqaent,    Son^e  were  banging 


^.u, 


i^a^'  h. 


•^^.H 


'■jryf-'^ 


..,- 


David's  fears. 


177 


at  the  door,  others  poinding,  against  thQ  window 
.  shutters,  ^thich  had  been  closed  by  the  teSSfied  ^ 
landlord;  others  were  standing  atadi;(:anco,andHrr.- 
. .  ang  to  fend  stones  to  throw.    Fortunately  H^re  wtere 
/  >io  loose  stones  of  any  size,  few  bcing'larger  tlian 
a  pebWe  and  tKere'fbre,  as  yefe,  no  yery  great^  daW- 
^     age  had  been  done.     But  the  crowd  was  eyidentl 
capable  of  any  amount  of  kiischief.  *  Eyery  onl 
was  howling,  and  yelling ;  andV  the  midst  of  them\ 
was  an  old  woman,  whose  shouts  and/shrill  crie8\ 
made  her  conspicuous  in  the  sq^ne.  ^She  was^n-  \ 
courag,ng\and  stimulating  a  niimber  of  men  who  ^ 
.  were  carrying  a  beam  to  the  hou.se,  Which  they    " 
eyidenty  purposed  to  use  as  a  battering-ram,  soaa  T 
to  burnt  open  the  door.  .'     1 

The   momeht  that  Dayid  caught  sight  of  this 
woman,  he  shuddered,  and  falling  behind  Ludlow 
caught  at  his  hand,,  and  tried  to  pull  him  back. 
Liudlow  turned  in  surprise. 

"It's  the  same  woman,"  said  David,  in  an 
agitated  voice,  "  who^hased  me." 

"Is  it?"  said^lrtfcllow,  with  a  smile.     «0.  well 
youve  got  me  with   you  now.     So  be  a  man-' 
cheer  up,  my  boy.     It's  all/right."  ,, 

Saying  this,  Ludlow  again  walked  forward,  this 
time  keeping  his  left  hai^  on  David's  arm.  David 
felt  that  It  was  not  "  all  Vight,"  but  h^  had  to  tol- 


low  Ludlow,  and  so  he  followed  him  into  the 
midst  of  the  crowd.  Working  their  way  tm 
through  the  people,  they  At  la^t  came  near  t6  the 

■"  \12  -     "       ,.  ■'   X^,.      .       ^  ''  ••: 


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178 


^V|f; 


▲HONG  THE  BBIGINDS. 


door,  and  found  themselves  close  by  the  men  whp 
were  carrying  the  beam.  ,  They  had  laid  it  ori  the 
ground,  and^  wefB  hesitating^or  a  naoment.  Over- 
head Ludlow  heard  the  voice  of  the  landlord  plead- 
ing with  them  in  pitepus  tones. 

"  O,  gqfod  citizens  1  O,  dear  citizens  I  Don^ 
destroy  my  furniture  !  Don't  ruin  me  !  There  is 
a  miajtake.  On  my  honor,  the  strangers  are  in- 
nocent." '  " 

At  this  the  old  virago  howled  out  some  insane 
maledictions,  and  njged  ^e  crowd  on.  Some  on 
the  outskirts  yelled,  and  the  old  hag,  whirling 
around  in  the  midst  of  her  tirade,  found  hereelf 
face  to  face  with  D»vid.  The  terrified  lad  shrank 
back,  and  tried  to  hide  himself ;  but  the  old  woman 
recognized  him  at  once,  and  with  a  howl  sprang 
at  him. 

Ludlow  saw  the  movetiienl 
'  He  put  himself  in  front  of  DaVid*,  and,  seizing  the 
old  woman's  arm  in  a  grasp  like  a  vice,  held  her 
backj  and  asked  her  steml5^,  in  Italian, — 
.     "  Accursed  one  I  what  do  you  mean  ?  "- 

"0,  citizens  of  Sorrento!^'   shrieked  the'ji^g. 
""Copious  citizens !    Help!    This  is  the  accursed 
*  hoy,  I  This  i^Hie  sacrilegious  on©  I  the  blasphemer  I 
the  tnsulter'of  the  Bambino !  the  —  " 

/»*  Silence  1 "  roared  Ludlow,  in  a  voice  of  thun- 

"  der.   ^  Men  of  Sorreu^T 

•trangers  ?  Does  this'mad  thipg  goiem  the  city  ?  " 

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^^at  her  yeHj,  some  om^  mob  seemed  inclined  to 
respond.  They  were^Iready  ripe  for  mischief,  and 
whep  the  hag  diverted  their  attention  to  David  "^ 
they  felt  quite  ready  to  take  him  hT  hand.  So 
now  a  rmg  of  dark  faces  was  formed  around  Ludr 
low,  and  .the  yells  of  the  hag  directed  them  to 
seize  David. 

Ludlow  pushed  the  hag  from  him,  drew  hi, 
revolver  from  his   breast,  and  took  two  strides' 
towards  the  house,  which  was  close  by,  draWina 
Davd  after  him.    Then  he  put  his  blk  a^ljll 
the  wall,   and    holding  the   revolver    in    an  ap. 
parently  careless  manner,  with  its  muzzle  turned 

"iti^"^^  So^entol"  said  h?,  "what  foolery  «  > 
-^?^  The  wo,5»au  is  mad.    I  have  just  comefL    ' 

,  Capr,  %rth4l,,;  boy.     Many  of  you  know  me,  for  I 
rftm  often  here.;  and  now.  when  I  come,  am  I-to 
be  insulted  by  a  mad  woman?    Are  youl"     ' 

'  Seize  him  I  seize  the  boy  !  the  boy  1  the  blaa- 
phejner  I "  yelled  the  hag.  \' 

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looked  with  a  smile  on  the  crowd  nearest. 

"Does  her  madness  usually  take  this  form,  geii- 
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AM0N6  THE  BRIGANDS. 


i'hey  began  to  think  thafthe  woman  was  crazy, 
'hose  to  whom  Ludlow  had  spoken  were  the  very 
ien  who  had  brought  the  beam  but  a  few  min- 
lites  before.  They  now  edged  slowly  aw^ay,  and 
began  to  think  that  they  had  done  a.  very  silly 
thing. 

"  What's  the  trouble,  signori  ?  "  asked  Lud- 
low, in,  the.  same  edksy  tone,  of  those  who  were 
nearest.        . 

"  Well,  they  say  there  are  some  p^ple  inside 
that  desecrated  the  church  —  some  boj's  — ■-  " 

"  What  —  boys  ?  "  said  Ludlow,  with  a  smile. 
"  Who  says  so  ?  "  . 

The  men  shrugged  their  shoulders. 

"  She  says  so." 

Ludlow  thereupon  shrugged  hik  shoulders. 

"  Seize  him  !  i?eizo  him  1  seize  him  !  "  yelled  the 
hag,  who  all  this  time  had  kept  up  her  insane 
outcry. 

•'  Somebody  had  better  seize  lier^''  said  Ludlow, 
with  a  laugh.  "  Why,  gentlemen,  she  will  give 
your  town  a  very  bad  name." 

The  crowd  nearest  had  already  undergone  a 
revulsion  of  feeling.  The  assault  of  the  old  wo- 
man  on  two  harmless  strangers  seemed  too  want^ 
to  be  tolerated.  Ludlow's  easy  manner  and  calm 
language  restored  them  fully  to  their  senses,  and 
the  sj^lxt  of  hjg  rgyolyer  effectttaJly^jyeri^  ■  thfl 
more  excitah|i»t>r  reckless.  They  were  also  jealous 
of  th^^'^rod  namQ  of  the  town,  and  now  began  to 


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181 

tXTt;'*t  °''  ^^^-    A  -™- passed 

hound- the.  on   a^L  D      7' B\?r'""  "^ 
was  now  disgusted  with  her  and  beryel        """' 

.^it  ja^itt^Tri':^ '"""«'  -  ^-'"^vT 

aJtlvstit^^Xirr^^^^^ 

young  „>a„   who  thus    address^ed'her-   he  1, 

iXttt  "■" "'"'  '°*"^  Bava;:,-t  c 

was.    Although  jome  of  tl,«.  '""'''« 

bowline  like  ™«:f-  .      *  "^"^  "»''  ''ad  been 

l^ul,.     Ue^  r   ir.  ^!°^'^"n'^  ""iabl 


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182 


AfiONO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


Soon  the  crowd  dispersed,  and  the  landlord, 
who  had  been  watching  the  scene  in  deep  anx- 
iety, came  down,  opened  the  doors,  and  gave  Lud- 
low and  David  a  most  eager,  exuberant,  and  en- 
thusiastic  welcome. 


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MOBB  TROUBLES  FOR  POOR  DAVID.  ''         183 


t„.»i 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

Mare  Troubles  f orpoor  David.  _  Onset  of  four  Women.  - 

HorrorofDavtd.~A  new  Uproar  in  the  Yardoftft, 
Inn.  —  Uncle  Moses  bent  double. 

0 

UDLOW  beg^in  to  talk  to  the  landlord  about 
"     a  conveyance  to  Gastellamare,  and  David 
walked  through  the  house  into  the  yard.' 
Davui  8  only  desire  now  Ws  to  hurry  on  and  join 
his  friends  as  soon  as  possible.    He  had  not  the 
remotest  idea  that  they  Were  in  Sorrentd,  and  that 
the  trouble  had  arisen  about  them,   but- fancied 
that  they  were  in   Gastellamare,  full  of  a^iety 
.about  him.     Sympathizing  with  their  anxiety,  he 
longed  to  go^  to'  them,  so  as  to  put  an  end  to  it  • 
and  seeing  a  carriage  in  the  yard,  he  naturally 
walked  m  that  d^ection.    Reaching,  the  yard  he 
noticed  that  the  houses  were  in  it,  and  that  it  was 
a  barouche,  like  the\one  in  which  his  part^  had 
been  travelling.    Not\ for  one  moment  did  hi  sup. 
pose  that  it  was  the  sUe  one,  nor  did  he  notice 


-  ,      ,         —  ""■*""  ""^  ""*^  uia  ne  notice 

-It  very  closely  j  but  giving  if  a  careless  djanceT 
he  looked  around  to  see  those  to  whom  it  be- 
longed.  ■' 


J^A^.^. 


184 


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AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


^  As  David  weht  out  into  the  yard,  the  driver" had 
just  gone  into  the  barn  to  tell  Uncle  Moses  and  the 
boys  that  the  trouble  was  over  and  the  crowd  was 
dispersing.  Their  joy  may  be  imagined.  They 
were  just  hastening  from  the  barn  to  return  to  the 
hotel;  and  had  just  reached  the  barn  door  when 
David  approached. 

^    David   was    walking   alon-   towards   the   barn 
looking  around  to   see  where    the   people    were' 
when  suddenly  ho  heard  a  wild  cry,  and  saw  a 
figure  rush  straight  towards  him.     It  was  a  wo- 
man'^  figure,  and    she  appeared  quite  old.     Like 
hghtning,  the  thought  flashed   through  him  that 
this  was  his  old  tormentor,  the  hag;  and  with  a 
gasp  he  started  b^ck;  and  was  about  to  run.    But 
the  other  was'  too  quick  for  him,-  and  David  felt 
himself   seized    by   his    dreaded    enemy.      This 
dreaded   enemy  then   behaved   in  a  frantic  M'ay, 
hugging  him  and  uttering  inarticulate  words.    dJ 
vid  struggled  to  get  free  from  her*  and  throwing  a    i 
frightened  glance  at  her  face,  which  was  but  part-    1 
ly  visibfe,  beneath  a  very  shabby  bonnet,  he  saw    \ 
that  she  was  quite  old,  and  that  tears  were  streak, 
ing  down  from  her  eyes.    This  frightened  David  all 
the  more,  for  now  he  was  sure  that  she  was  insane. 
But  now,  to  David's  horror,  he  found  himself  sur- 
rounded by  three  more  Women,  in  coarse  dresses 
and  horribly  shabby  bonnets.     They  all  made  a 
^miiltaneoufl  mah  at  him,  Beizing  fafg^^g^rair- 


arms,  and  geemed  about  to  tear  him  to  pieces.    In 


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185 


ONSET  OP  P6m  WOMEN, 

^^m   I^e   strugg!^"  ^o  Vas   helpless       A    onM 

was  David  wifh  nff      i         '  ^"''  ^P-^.^erwhelraed 
even  ;r  :',,:""  ^',';-;;  '"f  •>«   couM  „ot 

opbn,  and  was  jut  a  W  ^^^  .^  ^;V'''""""' 
y««  for  holp,w„o„  the  wort ^:r™,~F 
h.3  mouth,  a„,I  his  voice  sfoppcl  an  1  »T  ^ 
greater  ..prise  created  withiif  ht  "'  '  °°"  "■"' 

tbefi"::oM.t:r  ^'^^°^■'"'^'^°^"•--d■ 
"Dave!     Old  boy  !     What  in   iho  world  i'J' 

"Where   have   you   been?"    "Where  did  v.„ 
come  from  ?  "    "  Whon  ^;^  x ,  ^^  ^°" 

_  J  "^"  "'^  jou  get  here  ?  "   "  Who* 

made  you  go  off? "   "  n.Vl  ♦L        •  "** 

if  fKo     ij  ■        ^^  ^"^3^  seize  you  ?  "   "  Was 

It  the  old  woman  that  did  it?  "     Ti  • 

and  scores  nf  o*i "  ^'*^^®  questions, 


;*^, 
f**" 


__^^  ,„      ^  the  boys  gxhftusfeJ^ 


„^  „„„  ^„^^,  released  th 
lowed  David  to  extricate  himself. 


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186 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


Thereupon  David  stood  off  at  a  little  distance, 
and  gazed  at  them  in  mute  amazement;  The  sight 
which  they  presented  to  his  astonished  eyes  was 
one  which  might  have  excited  strong  emotions  in 
the  breast  of  any  behold^'f .  *' ' 

There  stood  Uncle  Moses,  his  figur^  concealed 
under  a  tattered  gown,  and  his  venefabfe  head  en- 
folded m  a  battered  bonnet  of  primev^  style    ' 
There   stood   Frank,   looking   like   a  strapping 
.   peasant  woman,  with  a  bonnet  that  was  stuck  on 
the  tQp  of  his  head  like  a  man's  hat. 

There  stood  Clive,  looking  like  a  pretty  peasant 
girl,  quite  Italian  in  his  style,  with  a  dress  that 
was  a  trifle  neater  than  the  others. 

And  there  was  Bob,  an  utter  and  unmitigated 
absurdity,  — with  a  dress  that  was  tangled  about 
hia  legs,  and  a  bonnet  that  liad  no  crowns  Th^ 
four  of  them  looked  more  like  escaped  lunatics 
than  anything  else,  and  no  sooner  had  David  taken 
in  the  whole  scen«,  than  he  burst  forth  into  a  per- 
fect convulsion  of  laughter. 

Thus  far  the  disguise  had  possessed  nothing  but 
a  serious  character  in  the  minds  of  the  wearers 
By  means  of  this  disguise  they  had  hoped  to  es^ 
cape,  and  the  costumes,  being  thus  a  help  to  safety 
had  been  dignified  in  their  eyes.  But  now,  when 
the  danger  was  over,  and  safety  assured,  there 
was  nothing  to  hide  from  their  eyes  the  unutter- 
^eAbsurdity,  thA  JncQiiceivaW^ 

^^  David's  laugh  burst  forth, 


their  appearance. 


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each  turned  his  e,es  upon  the  other,  and  saw  how 

of  hughfer'''  tL'^- '  '"* '    ''  ^'  "  -""-'y^ 

ward,  fn^dan^el 'ranTrt'rdT' '"''''''• 
yeHed  with  laughter     Dn.u  «  '     "^  *''*'""''  «■«» 

ffivin  J  o  euccegsion,  and  then  at  himself 

the  Kround  in  !„.?  *       '     "^'"^^  '"''"=«""  "Pon 

o.e  prolonged  and  upro^rilraohS         '" 
The  uproar  aroused  the  house. 

inltoaT"  '"""'""'  of  tto  bam  and  joined 

The  hostler  followed  him 
Jhe  servants  came  from  the  hotel,  and  lent  their 

^^t^lT" ""''  '"<'  ^'^ »'  --  -•-<• 

After  the  landlord  came  Ludlow     Ha  dl^n-f    i 

had  been  tellbrhfj;   k    t  "^  "''*'  *""  ''"'«"<"d 

The  sight re^whermeri^"  flf'o^lr^'^r 
mouth.    Ho  burst  forth     u  P^"^''   •"" 


.mmortals.    It  was  a  thunderZ,      i;  ^""f ' 


188^ 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


on.  the   stone   step.,   and  burLg  his  face  in  his 
hands,  gave  way  utterlv.  f 

'        Thus  it  was,  then,  that  Dafid,  the  most  solemn 
of  boys,  returned  to  his  dis/racted  Anri 
friends.  "iSBiactea  and  anxious 

we.e  eet  aside,  and  thovall  sit  in  the  dinine-room 
fpll  *K^'    1^    "     n  ,  .  P'  ^""  Ludlow  had  to 

«,  pressed  them  all^  to  come  over  to  Tanr,- 
at  one,,  ,„,  ^^^y  ^^  ,^       ]    ^  or  to  Cap 

who  had  fallen  in  love  ml  Ludlow  at  first  si^h' 
were  more  eager  to  go  thJn  they  could  tl  1     tt 
Uncle  Moses  den,„rred.      He  felt  af«L  of  Jv 
ing  trouble,  and   thought     thov  had  h„»  . 

back  to  Naples.  Lndlo-t, .  owevTr,  pooh-po    edfj 
scruples,  answered  every  l.bjectioi.^and  would  ^ 
teke  any     f„,,,  ^^j^^^V  ^^  ^^^.  ou  d      t 

the  final  departure  of  the  party  for  Cipri.  ' 

Bat  before  they  went,  aevoral  things  had  to  be 

d  ™^th  'th^'  "'  1  ''"'  '•'"'  '"'-^^^^^^ 


^^i=r  r     ,  ^  ^  "•-   -- vvy^^uu, w  ni8  suifcr  at  Prog- 
.turn,  he  had  behaved  a&y.and  had  been  of 


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Capri, 
tervenir 
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them '-all 
■  cordiah't; 
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museum 
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VrSif  TO   CAPRI. 


189 


.       ^"e  other  business  wi- f^  ,  '^-V 

onUe  boat  wl„-e,Xw^L7,^''°".'"'«  return 

over,  wai,  arran<-od    J,l     Vf  ""•    ^'"'^  '">'"■ 

a  sufficient  Vum  to  rorZ  u  ■""'"  ""^^  «<">' 

of  it.     ,         \  "'t'.V  the  owner  for  the  use 

Tliey  engakd-  another  t,oa*   t^   *>,       . 
Capri.     A  geStle  breeze  n-ft^  /,"'"'  """"  *" 
tervening  wateV   an  i  H  '^  """"  "'™'-fi'«  ■"- 

them '-all  with   hW  brio-Iifflte        •  '''"^'"''«"' 

•    cordiality,  and   tlip   bovslTJT  "  ""'"  ""'™'^''   - 
■■  wards  the  artist  arid  h?     T        "**"  '"  ^oel  to- 
near  and  del;  rS.io;,  "  Thr  'Tf  '"^^  '™- 
cottage  a  perfent  A,'         ^  '^""'^ '"'«  artist's 

was  of  large  dimenXnl     Z    ""'"'   "'"''   ""at  it 
aoco„n.odatons  for  iht  !'.?'*  "°"""''"'''  ^""i-o"" 
able  to  fee,  that  '^l^ ^    '^^a  b'"^  ''"^ ^^       - 
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AMONG  THE  BBIGAlh)8. 


mean  attainments;  and  whjle  he  could  point  out 
to  them  the  most  beautiful  spots  on  that  loyely 
isle,  he  could  also  taHc  learnedly  about  the  ancient 
Capraea,  and  rais^  out  of  ancient  ruins  theories 
•about  the  pleasure-groulids  of  Trberids. 

But  the  most  wonderful  thing  which  they  found 
there    was  the  famous  grotto,  so  familiar  to  all 
from  the  accounts  of  tourists,  and  from  the  well- 
^  known  descrifition  in  ilans  Andersen's  ImprOvisa- 
I  tore.    »After  that  glowing,  poetic,  and  enthusias- 
tic narrative,  no  other  need  be  attempted.    Here 
they  passed  three  or  four  days,  and  -Avhen  at  length 
they  bade  adieu  to  the  artist  and  his  wife,  it  was 
with  many  sincere  regrets  on  both  sides,  and  many 
earnest  wishes  that  they  might  meet  again. 
After  which  they  all  went  back  to  Naples. 


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CHAPTER  xVlI. 


Vesuvius. — Ponies  nn,i  ^/,\-t..        c      :.        . 
\  /.      r.  sticks.  —Sand  and  Lava  —  Th* 

^ HE  sight  Of  Vesuvins  frori,, a  distance  had 
hllcd  Dav,,!  Avith  an  .ycknt  ilesiio  to  visit 
It,  and  all   the  rest    shared  tl,is  iivling. 
Vesuvuis   was   before   them  al«.ays.     The   eref 
.loud  of  de„s9<  black  sn.oke,  which  h„ng  ovT 

ko^a  pall  was  greater,  and  denser,  and  blacke* 
were      ""  'r     '"  ■''"""'"   ^™'  '""^'''rt.ed.    There 

and  all  around  and  all  beneath  t.ho  volcano  gave 
^ns  of  an  approaching  er,jptio„.  Sotoetimes  the 
™oke  as  .t  ascended  fron,  the  crater,  would  tower 

al  sides,  g,vmg  to  the  st,eetator  the  vision  bf  a 
tZ^S^^  -the  ^.apeand.the^gn-Whioh 
-Jfl  tlw.  inevit^B  -foreruniier-on.n   approtShing"" 

would  hang  low  over  the  crest  of  the  mountain. 

«■  -  '^  4 


^ 


K    *      I      :^/tf 


■soil, 


\  ' 


^  V'-^^f'^-ri^i-. 


192 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS,      t 


and  roll  far  down  its  sides,  and  envelop  it  in  its 
dense,  black,  voluminous  folds.  / 

'       tn,Vl7f '  '"^  ?'^^  '^*'  ^^^^^'^PPea'-ances,  the  ascent 
tnig ht  be  made  m  safety,  though  every  day  lee^ 

.        -^d  the  c  .nces  of  an  ascent  by  incrLing  IS 
danger.     1  his  Ihey  learned  from  Michael  4ngelo, 
their  guide,  whom  they  had  engnged  to  make  the 
ascent;  so   they  determined   to   go  without  any 
,    further  delay.     Accordingly,  two  davs  after  their 
excursion    to  Baia.,  they  .,et   out,  going  first   to 
Poitici  ^vhere  they  hired  poni^ -to  take  them  to 
«ie  foot  of  th^  cone;  each  one  supplied  himself 
with  a  good  stout  stick  to  assist  his  ascent,  and 
Michael  Angelo  went  with  them  as  general  man- 
ager  of  the  expedition. 

On  riding  up  they  fomid  the  road  good  atlrst, 
but  soon  It  became  somewhat  rough.-  It  left  the 
fertile  meadows  and  vineyards  at  the  base  of  the 
mountain,  and   ran  fev-  a  wild,  rocky  country, 
which    looked,  as   |rncle   Moses    said,    likeUhe 
abomination    of   desolation."      No    verdure   ap- 
peared,no  houses,  no  flocks,  and  herds -all  was    - 
.  wild,  and  savage,  and  dismal.     After  passing  over 
•  these  lava  fields,  the  party  reached  what  is  called  -  " 
the    Hennitage»-a  kind  of  refreshment  station-f^ 
near  the  foot  of  the  cono.:'  Resting  here,  for  a  little  ^  ' 
way  they  proceeded  on  foot.     %e  path  was  now 

an|re  tTiat  it  became^  rather  climbing  than  walking. 
After  a  toilsome  walk  th^s  path  ended  at  the  foot 
of  the  coije. 


£^^i&H 


^-. 


r   "  '? , 


VESUVIUS. 


193 


ascending  from  whe^  1  T^  ^'r  """• 
vie>v  was  lost  in  amoke      M.  "^"^  *» 

surface  of  loose  8and».'^  '  ^^  """■'  ^^"''  ""^  « 
ordered   heans   „f  "  '    n^*'  ''"°">«'-  "'W,  dis- 

these   last   Shae,T„lt^#r,  ''"1^    °^- 

the  ascent.    A  nurabifr  nf  ™  °  "a*^® 

chairs  and  strao^^l       I     ?  "^'^  ^"'^  ^^i* 

but  they  alldSed  evf  u;!*";?  "^'^'»"'=«' 
torel.onhiannassi^:;::^!'''*"'-'"'--^ 

iavl  W:e*&"  --- r  the  cone.    The 

,«^own  the  s":;iid  ;'iTCa  'rr"^^^'^ 

«"g.   rough   stairway,  wherall   tl       !     '"^  * 
irregular.     It  wn<,   IoK    •  "'®   *teps  are 

the/ had  t/'stira  d'r: '  vL^'r-  ^^^^ 

■uost,  and  the  boys  had  frl  ,  *'™™  '^"  ''' 
on  his  account  Rnt  ^^-^''^  to  stop  rather 
about  two  Zds  of  L  ''"^  '""^  ^^-o^sed 

-ore   excited    and    n   BoT'tK"'^  '"'^^"  '°  ^^o- 
most  evident     Thlt        .v.  <"""'ement  was 

take  suffic  eni  cal  of  n^    ""t  '""  '"'■«"   "ould 
alone,  and  soo'n  w      <•  "^'^'' '«'  started  off    . 

-^3',i,e'ar«nnh:i- ^"•''"''^"■"« ''- »•■« 

Usually  there  is.  nn.     - 


i  1  ( 


ptCji, 


194 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


On  the  present  occasion,  however,  there  was  little 
or  no  wmd  ;  and  the  smoke,  .^ich  was  far  dens 
than  usual,  gathered   in   thick,  black  folds,   and 
pometime.  rolled  down  the  sides  of  the  con;  and 
h,d    the   crest  from   view.     Michael  Angelo   ex- 
pressed  a  fear  that  they  ^.«u Id   not  be  able  to 
reach  the  crest ;  and  as  they  drew  nearer,  every 
Btep  showed  that  this  fear  was  well  fbunded.     At 
ast,  when  they  were  within  easy  distance  of  it 
there  came  rolhng  down  a   cloud    of   smoke,   so'  « 
dense  and  so  full  of  sulphurous  vapor  that  they  / 

cLhes.        "'"^  '°^  """''  ''''''  '''''  ^^^^  ^J 
It  was  now  evident  that  they  could  go  no  farther. 

^moke     It  rolled  away  at  last,  yet  still  hovered 
near  them  every  little  while  moving  threateningly 
down,  as  though  to  drive  them  back,  and  prevfni 
the  crater  from  desecration  by  human  footsteps. 
Ihey  had  evidently  reached  their  farthest  limit 
and  could  go  no  farther.  ' 

But  where  was  Bob? 

Scarcely  had  they  discovered  the  impossibility 
ofgbwg  farther  than  this  thought  came  to  them 
Where  was  Bob?  He  had  left  them  some  time' 
previously,  and  had  gone  far  ahead  of  them.  They 
had  expected  every  moment  to  come  up  with  him. 
But  there  were  no  signs  of  him  anywhere. 

_^,Er^x^lledoutwitfr^tfs^trength.^^^^I^^^^ 
tna  thve  joined  in  the  cry. 


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last. 


-  ,^£,teJ.itvilK  ',i»Ri>i»i  ?„!,:.  y 


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IBE  LOST  Bo£ 


195 


There  was  no  response. 

*ear  came  to  them      o     •  i_     . 
All  shouted- the  bo^rn    T^^"'"?-  ""-f"!  fear. 
Angelo.  '  ^"y'-  ^""'-^  Moses,  and  Michael 

StilUhere  was  no  response. 

»..  trceitn  :;;„r  r'  "t-  '""^  -'k 

all  these  cries  the  «1      ^  i  apprehension;  but  to 
"ot  one  ansTeritgr^d     "'  ^""""^  ^''^''-'t 

them,  and  over  II!;^ "JT"'™,:"'  ■"-'•"«  Cose  to 
them  in  that  dread  fl  ?^,^  "'''«"'  *°  '"^"'ve 
over,,heln,ed  the  tt  bV  ""^  '"'^"^'l  '««1   • 

"I  can't  stand  this  any  lono-er  I "      •  j  „ 

.     ..w'V'g"'"™-!  David.  ■      / 

--'rn^ert^^r-'^'''^''"^'-^ 
woods.  We  can't  teU  whte "eT  "  r,""  ''"  "'• 
Ime,  an  walk  as  nigh  abre^t  j  ^"'^  '°™  » 

"an  get,  an  yet  for  ennTu       "^  ""<'"'«'■  ««  «■« 

pound.     In  Z  wly  weTbe"""'^    >°,  "°^«'  «>« 
him."  •'^  **  "  "8  more  likely  to  find 

f  «t:ttt^;^^«-e,.s  in 

tween  each.    The  fiv«  f h  ^  ^*  ^^tervened  be- 

next  to  him  was  UnoJv  ^®''*''^™«'''gl>t,  • 

David,  while  Frank  Won  r'  '''"  '^''^^.'  *^«« 

*'  ^^'^  «^treme  left,    i^ 


^^^,, 


r 


196 


AMONG  THE  BBIOANDa. 


this  way  they  d^t«rn,ined  to  go  as  far  forward 
a^^the  smoke  would  permit.     The  prospect  was 
gloomy  enough;  but  the  situation  of  Bob  nerved 
them  all  to   the  effort.    Besides,  they  were  en 
couraged  by  the  fact  that  the  smoke  would  som"- 
times  retreat  far  up,  exposing  the  surface  to  the 
very  crest  of  the  cmter.     So  they  advanced,  clam' 
benng  over  the  rough  blocks,  and  drew  nearer 
and  nearer  to  the  summit.    At  length  a  heaW 
"ass  of    black    smoke    came    ro«in|  down.    U 

Zf  T  ^  *"  '"'^  "'"'"'  "'«"•  Each  one  fell 
flat  on  h,s  face  at  Michael  Angelo's  warning,  and 
covered  his  mouth  and  nostrils  with  his  hSker- 
chief,  so  as  to  keep  out  the  sulphurous  vapors.    It 

painful,  and  it  seemed  a  long  time  before  the 
Wackness  of  the  darkness  was  mitigated.  But  at 
last  the  smoke  withdrew  itself;  and  the  whole 
party  stood  up,  and  looked  around  painfully  for 
one  another,  panting  heavily,  and  drawing  labo- 
nous  breaths.  ° 

^_  "  You  can't  go  any  further,"  said  Uncle  Moses. 

I  ain  t  gom  to  let  you  resk  your  lives,  boys. 
Ton  must  all  go  back,  an  I'll  go  for'ard  " 

"  No,  uncle ;  I'll  go,"  cried  Prank. 
•"  And  I,"  cried  David. 

«  And  I,"  cried  Clive. 

"Noneof  ron  shall 


ly.       1  tell  you  I'm  gom.    I  order  you  to  stay 


fc^',4-i.'.'**4w'.,-.--.l!\  • 


A   FEARFUL  SEARCH.  jg^ 

"  Go  back,"  he  said ;  "ril  M Tb       >     '''™"''^^- 
there,     fio  back.     D'ye  h!ar?^'    '•"'*'' "'^^"'^ 

JdVrbo/rButrk'Hr,*"  -^^^  "'= 

upward,  swiftTa^d  1^  X^  ""^^  ^'^<'fj  «P™ng 

going  first   to^he  left^and' tb?    7    .u*"*  "^■"' 
David    and   ri;v„      .  .  ^^'^  *°  '^e   right, 

lu    anu   Olive    also    rushed   forward      rT„  i 

withafaceo/LXllSr^''^^^^^^ 

All  this  had  not  taken  many  minnt,..  I. 
act  of  desperation  on  the  ZrT^f  p  It  was  an 
wa.  determined  to  Je  B  bCUirt'rt "'  f 
ly  the  smoke  did  not  descend  jnTtTt  thaf  "^ 
but  was  floating  „p  fr„„  thlCmmitt  2^^' 
edffe  of  thfi   rrof^^         ij   1   °"'""3">  so  that  the 

Frank  had  seen  a  prostrate  figure     If  l.^ 
-^^.beyond  the  edge  of  the  ^0^3^" 
first  feehng  was  one  of  surprise  that  RAKi  % 
oeeded  in  penet^ting  so  fa^ /his  tlf  ^1'!':^ 


.'..ifei,-li.ViJiiu;i.'.-, 


■    "-* 


NG-THE  BR;GAND9. 


198 


^°^^°^*for  fear  thatV  might  be  beyond  the  reach 
of  help..  With  frantic  haste  he  rushed  towards 
him,  and  reaching  the  spot,  he  raised  Bob  in 
his  arms. 

He  was  senseless  I 

And  now,  as   Frank  stood  there,  close  to  the 
perilous  edge,  the  treacherous  smoke,  which  had 
thus  far  held  back,  rolled  down  once  more.     To 
face  it  was  impossible.    Frank  flung  himself  down 
and   buried  his  face  as  before,  looking  up  from' 
^me  to  time  to  see  if  the  smolce  was  lessening. 
•  The  time  seemed  protracted  to  a  fearful  lepgth. 
The  dense  fumes  which  penetrated  through- ^he 
thick  folds  of  the  clothes  which  he  held  over"  his 
mouth  nearly  suffocated  him.    He  began  to  think 
that  he,  too,  was  doomed. 
And  where  were  the  others  ? 
Scattered,  apart  from  one  another  — and  thus 
they  had  been  caught  by  the  rolling  smoke.   They 
could  do  only  one  thing,  and  that  was  what  they 
had  done  before.     Uncle  Moses  alone  refused  to 
yield.     He  tried  to  toil  on  so  as  to  get  nearer  to 
his  boys.     He  had  a  vague  idea  of  getting  near  to 
Frank,  so  as  to  die  by  his  side.     But  physical  pain 
was  stronger  than  the  determination  of  his  soul, 
and  at  length  he  involuntarily  flung  himself  down' 
arid'tSovered  his  face.  ' 

But  ftt  last  even  that  ordeal  was  passed,  t  Tha„ 
smoke  TTfled.     It   rolled  awav.     There   wa^ 


away. 


.  -"   'v^"v.vi   ainuy.      iiiere    was   air 

again  for  them  to  breathe.     Frank  roused  himyelf 


THE  SLIDING  BANCS. 


199 


before  the  smoke  had  all  passed,  and  lifting  Bob 

in  his  arms,  carried  him  swiftly  downward.     He 

reached  the  place  where  Uncle  Moses  was  stand- 

ing,  gasping, for  breath;  and  the  other  boys  who 

had  seen  liim   hurried  towards  him,  and  tried  to 

help  him  carry  his  senseless  burden.     Uncle  Mo- 

8es  also  tried  to  take  Bob  in  his  own  arms,' and 

prayed  Frank,  with  tears  in  his  eyes,  to'let  him 

carry  him ;  but  Frank  refused  them  all,'  and  ip. 

Bisted   on  doing   it  himself     A  few  paces  more, 

however,  over  the  lava  blocks,  showed  that  Frank's 

strength  would  not  be  sufiicientfor  such  a  journey. 

He  sank  down  exhausted  by  his  excessive  exer^ 

tions,  and  waited  a  few  moments  to  take  breath. 

While  he  was  thus  recovering  his  breath 
Michael  Angelo  reached  the  spot,  and  explained 
that  there  was  another  place  of  descent  not  far  off, 
and  led  the  way  towards  it.  Here  tT^dy  found 
the  side  of  the  cone  all  covered  with  loose  sand. 
Down  this  they  went.  At  every  8tep,t|iey  sank  in 
up  to  their  ankles,  and  the  sliding  soiivbore  them 
down,  so  that  for  every  step  they  took  they  were 
carried  the  length  of  two  or  three  steps. 

Frank  clung  to  Bob  till  he  had  got  beyond  the 
reach  of  the  smoke,  and  then  he  fell  backw^fd 
gasping  for  breath.   The  others  scrambled  towards 
him,  eager  to  help  him;  and  Michael  Angelo,  who 
=.had  exerted  himself  fee^  bast  of  aH,  and  wag-" 
fresher  than  any  of  them,  raised  Bob  in  his  arms 
and  said  that  he  would  take  cajte  of  him  now.    At 


J. 


VK*  .'» 


i. 


200 


AMONG  THE  BRJQAJSfta. 


this  Frank  gave  up   his   precious   burden    and 
of tTe'cone   "  "'""''  *''^  "'"  ^~°  ■*'*«  ^' 

sand     With   trembhng    hands   they  felt  for  hi, 
heart,  and  found,  to  their. unspeakable  icy  that 
^s  still  beating.     There  was'^no  water^^e'a      bu 
^ey^chafed  his  foet«„d  hands,  and  did  Xt'tlt; 

mg    but  aWast  Bob  opened  his  eyes,  and  drawing 

anir::;^^^''-""^'''-"'''^^^-^"" 

"What's  —  the matter?"  i,»  .„ 

feeble  voice.  he  murmured,  in  »■ 

Motes*''iL*'hr  f '°'' """'"'  '""'*<'  "y^  °f  UiScIe 

pmverfnl         V'f  .°"'™"'«''  >«^"diWe  words  of 
prayenul  gratitude. 

JL^l  T^^'"^'"  ""''  ^''™'''  '''''»  ^y  this  time  had 
completely  recovered  from  his  fatigue.    «  Nothing 

thmk      He  lay  there  in  silence,  and  with  an  ex 

Eto"    .^^T'^.^™^"'  -  "-  f-e,  elid  n% 
trying  to  collect  h,s  scattered  laculties,  so  as  to 
account  for  his  present  situation. 
^  And  now  the  question  was,  how  to  get  Bob 


away,,  «n  that  tbk  modi  /r   "1     ^    ^lad  gone 

TemedThprT  AA^  ^        cDirveyance  seemed 

denied  them.  After  waiting  a  short  time,  however 


JiLu 


>,^  -*'''''" 


.^4,1, 


V 


'    ARRIVAL   AT  THE  HERMITAOE.  201 

abit  tV2arr  T?  "■"°  ^-'-^  «^'-^-*'^ 

cha.r  and  strap  men.     Seeing  Bob  and  his  frieZ 
they  made  .nquiries;  and  on  learning  wha    had 
happened,  the  ladies  refnsed  to  make^he  aac  „t 
on  «o  unfavorabre  aday,  hut  preferred  po^ponTg 

and  settmg  h,m  upon  it.  they  earried  him  towards 

t,f :™5: '"'-« '"«^  --"  Without  an; 

telfrsty  "■"^  -P'dly  better,  and  was  able  to 

He  had  felt  very  anxious  to  see  the  crater  and  ' 
equa  ly  anxio„s,to  see  it  first.  Taking  adval"e 
of  a  fme  when  the  smoke  had  retrefted  heZ 
made  a  rush,  and  had  jn.,t  attained  the  ve'ry  ed!^ 
of  the  crater,  when  suddenly  he  found  Lllf 
relr  t  oTt'  '':  ^---^^--'oud  of  smok  "  T 

n^XnToTfliirir'T'T''''''^- ^ 

Iv   nr.A  .  .        ^         ^®  turned  mechanical- 

»ind     TTai"   '  "r."^"  "^"'S'"  alone  in  hi 
"'         That  was  all  he  remembered.    He  must 

and  fL    1         T  ^^'"^  ''»y  ''«"'««"  the  summit 
and  the  p  ace  where  he  was  found. 

MichaoLAiigelo  started  of  and  gotra  cBriao.  h^ 
means  of  which  Bob  was  tiken  to  NapleT^R^dTd 
«ot  seem  to  have  suffered  any  veryT^^'^s  ^  ' 


■  Kvt-.-'Hf  (T^^AiSv 


fTS-^Tirir  -l^»»l,ll| 


\ 


202 


/^WONO   THE  BRIGANDS. 


to  for  some  dJ^s  he  was  quite  languid  and  miser- 
able  and  comp  amed  of  a  taste  of  sulphur  in  his 
mouth ;  hi8,  coat,  too,  which  on  going  up  was  of  a 
ff -blue  color]  had  become  quite  iald' from  the 
action  of  the  pi,werful  sulphurous  fumes. 

nartv  f/^T'  ^'^'  "'  ^''"  '''  '^^  ^««*  ^^  the 
party,  had.am^le  reason  to  feel  thankful. 


-v^ 


7-    /) 


j' 


■-.'in>f*rwr~  "*^ 


f  'f"*^^'^  \  '"**''^ ' 


miser- 
in  his 
8  of  a 
n  tho 

f  the 


..^ 


ts;»**fe.<  I  Sl& 


POMPEII,  THE 


) 
OP  Tins  DEAD. 


203 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 


<^ 


Pa      '    T     Jf  "fl'^^^'-^'-^The  MonuLnts  of  the 
Past.  -  Temple.,    Towers,   dkc^  Palaces.  -  Tombs   and 

"^^-"^f-ts.^  Theatres    and  Amphitheatres.- Streets 
ana  i^ares. 

, "      ■    .1 

FEW  days  after  th|ir  ascpnt  of  VeBuvius 
the  whole  party  started  off  to  visit^  Pom- 
peii.     The  prospect  of  this  journey  gave 
them  unusual  deh:ght.     Bob  had  ^ovv  completely 
recovered   his  health  and  spirits,     dive's  poetic 
interest  m  so  renowned  a  place  was  roused  to  the 
highest   pitch   of  enthusiasm.      David's  classical 
taste   was   stimulated.     Frank's  healthy  love   of 
sight-seeing  was  excited  by  the  thougiit  of  a  place 
that  80  far  surpassed  all  others  in  interest  { and 
Uncle  Moses  evidently  considered  that  this  was 
the  one  thing  in  Europe  which  could  repay  the 
traveller  for  the  fatigues  of  a  pilgrimage.     Thus 
each,  in. his  Own  way,  felt  his  inmost  heart  stirred' 
Withm  him  as  they  approached  the  disentombed 
city;  and  at  length,  whgn  they  reached  thA  gn- 
-— n^ce  to  t5e  place,  It  is  difficult  to  say  which  onT" 
k      lelt  the  strongest  excitement. 

:Threy  found  a  number  of  other  visitors  there. 


V. 


^^^#2.M 


.  ■/ 


204 


K; 


I'     -. 


1^- 


AlfOKO  THE  BRI0AND8. 


consisting  of  fepresentafeives  of  all  nations-  Rng. 
sians,  Germans,  Americans,  French,  and  Endish  • 
^  ^dies  gentlemen,  and  bdPT*.  Michael  Angelo  was 
with  them,  and  was  more  useful  to  them  thflfeafe*. 
mere  guide-book  eould  have  been.  ■ 

The   first   emotions  of  awe   which   filled  their '^ 
minds  as  they  entered  the  streets  of  thi  m ysteri- 
ous  city  gradually  faded  away,  and  they  began  to 
examine  everything  with  great  interest.     The  first 
thing  that  struck  their  attention  was  t|,e  extreme 
narrownpss  of  the  streets.     There  was  o«ly  room 
lor  one. carnage  to  pass  at  a  time.    The  sf^e walks 
were  a  foot  higher  than  the  oarriage-way.     There 
. were.crossing.tones|^,stood  high  abovethe  pave- 
■Z^''^'    V'^  «^dewalW  were  paved  with  brick,  and 
the  carriage-way  with  lava  blocks,  which  were  very 
neatly  joined  together.    Ciive  took  a  piece  of  brick 
as  .relic,  and  David  broke  off  a  fragmenlirom  one 
of  the  crossmg-stones  ibr;  the  same  purpose.  - 

chll  I  'T  T?  *°  "^  ruined  edifice,  which  Mi- 
chael Angelo  called  the  Basilica.  It  was  twc^  hun- 
dred  ^t  m  length,  and  seventy  in  widtkk,  JoZ 
end  still  remained  the  ,^ibunal  or  Seat  ^^^ 
seven  feet  above  thefavement;  and^|^K«e 
the^  walls  were  columns  formed  of ,  bri^^^d^ 
w^hplaste.  The  bpys  picked  off  some  o/^e 
tplaster  as  relics.  - 

^  they  went  on  an^  came  to  anntheiv 


^  Which  Michael  Angelo  called  the 
^^^  -It  was  built  round  a  court- 


1.,  S3 


-%--> 


•  ->"  ^  jJijiffSt',  .i>  ■   ■ 


•■''■?53f3gp» 


'  / 


THE   MONUMENTS^  OF  THE  PAST.  205 

yard;  |ith  porticos.     Hero  David  and  Clive   ob.' 
^W^  ^"!"  more  relics. 

p  this  was  an  open  square  ^iirroun^ed  by 
^  irs,  of  which  only  tlie  lower  parts  remained. 
Hs  .was  the  t^orum  Gi^^ilo ;  an^  beyond  this  stood 
the  Temple  of  Jupiter,  which  they  visited  without 
•finding  anything  that  was  particularly  interesting. 
After  this  Michael  Angelo  took  them  to  a  place 
which  he  said  was  the-  Public  Bakery.  -  Here  they 
saw   millstones,   ov6n>,    water^-esscla,   and    sohia 
other  articles  of  winch  the)^.  cbuld  mjt^uess  the 
use.    Not  far  away  were  6omobakera^iops.     In 
.thaee  shops  loaves  of  bread  were  found  by  the^ 
diggers.     Of  course  they  Avere   burned  to   char-' 
coal;  but  they  retained  their  original  shape,  a^nd 
showed  marks  upon"  them  which  were   probably 
intended  to  indicate^Iie  bakery  from  which  they 
came.     Heaps  of  corn\eie  also  found. 

Going  down  the  street  where  these  were  situ-' 
ated,  they  came  to  one  of  the  gates  of  th«  city. 
Beside  this  was  a  niche  in  the  wall,  used  as  a  sen- 
tg-box,  upon  which  all  the  party  gazed  with  a 
Vofound  interest;  for  in  that  sentry-box  those 
who  disentombed  the  city  found  a  skeleton,  in  the 
armor  and  with  tlie  equipment  of  a  Roman  soldier. 
Evidently  the  septry  had  died  at  his' post. 

They  took  a  good  loc^  at  the  walls  here,  which 
tli^y  fou»'   '     '  — ' ^- 


"f^^^ty-five  ieet  HgH,  and^ 
formed  of  huge  stones,  that  were  joined  together 
without  cement.  The  gates  had  evidently  been 
double. 


• .  *, 


r" 


^isfe4fi:^'2-*^J~AIS^.=^*,-.t'   ^'>    iJrfe/,.-^^". 


If 


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,A' 


'^* 


'i^y 


206 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


Passing  throDgh  tins  gate,  they  fonnd  them- 
cabled    he  "Street  of  Tombs."    Looking  dow^t 

eharacter,  I,„,ng  ,t  on  either  side.      These  were 

the  tombs  of  wealthy  citizens.     They  visited  sev 

eral  of  them,  and  found  them  all  alike.     The  iX 

.      nors  were   all  simple,  the  walls   being    p,e'  "Id 

^'h  mehes,  in  which  were  deposited  thf  urns  that 

t       *    !.r''''  °^  ""^  ''■'^'^-     '^'"•»  was  the   first 
me  that  they  had  seen  anything  of  this  kind  and 
they  e.a(„,ned  it  with  deep  andsolemn  interest 
Here,  too,  Clive  and  David  succeeded  in  find  „s 

Thranref^^''^''^''^--'^--^-^ 

^onf  r  'i"'  ^'"^^"^  ^°S'='°  '<"»  "'«'»  to  what  was 

rZ  V  nl  '"/t""!;" "  "'■  "■"'  ^'*^'  "o-  known  as 
^  the  Villa  of,  D.omede.      They  entered  here    and 
\  wandered  through  the  halls,  and  rooms,  and  c'o.  ^^ 
yards.      They  saw  nch  mosaic   pavetnents  •   the 
basins  of  what  once  were  fouhtains,   the  lower 
parts  of  marble  pillars  that  once  belonged  to  state 
colonnades     They  saw  some  roonfs  that  o^ce 
had  been  used  for  cold  baths,  and  others  that  had 
been  used  for  vapor  baths.     Dining-room    rece,> 
t.on-roams,  bed-rooms,  kitchens,  libmrier'epened 
«P  all  around,  and  told  them  of  that  vanished  pTst 

bu«y  hu*„a„  We.    Far  more  than  bas7lic„s,"orte^" 
Pl.»,  or  streets,  or  wall,,'  were  they  affected  by 


t^A  Jt^*'-' 


'<' 


BKELETONS. 


207 


this  glimpse  into  the  home  of  a  household :  and 

Bilence      After  going  through  all  the  house  thev 
descended  mto  the  cellars.    These  were  ver;,pi^ 
^ous    and   extended    beneath    the   entire    Wll 
He  e,  at  one  end.  they  saw  what  is  called  the  W in^ 
Cellar.    Many  wine  jars  were  standing  «e  e!! 

wide  mouths  and  round  bottoms,  which  made  it 
brs  t&r    ^'"°     """"  '"PP"^'-     I"  these  wine 

£!„:;;;: '^"'^""-■-''--.h."' only 

Here  Michael  Angelo  had  much  to  tell  them. 

He  told  them  that  several  skeletons  had  been 
found  inthese  vault,,  belonging  to  hapless  wretches 
who  had  no  doubt,  fled  here  to  escape  the  sto™  of 
ashes  wVh  was  raging  above.  On  of  t ,  seTk el- 
etons  had  a  bunch  of  keys  in  its  bony  fingers  a„d 
this  circumstance  led  some  to  supposf  hit  ^t 
r  T.f ''''™  of  Diomede  himseff'Tut  othe  s 
thought  that  it  belonged  to  his  steward     Whoever 

anVr'leaV'f  ":"  '"^'^  ™'^ '"  W  hTs  doo" 
and  to  leave  his  bones  as  a  memorial  to  ages  in 
the  far  distant  future.  "  ■      ^ 

Leaving  this  place,  they  visited  another  house 

::!:;!!i'!;!:!!^-^''ofcaiussaiiust, mZ.,,, 


«H  ««r^«fth^imse  tey  saw  something  WW  hal 
once  str„«fc  them  all  as  being  rather  singlla  t 
W.3  noth^ig  else  than  a  shop,  small  in  sotted 


l^i  * 


208 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDa. 


«P  w,tt  shelves  and  counters  ;  a  row  of  mrs  was 
fixed  on  one  ,ide,  and  in  the  rear  were  CnacT 
W.chael  Angelo  informed  them  that  it  had  once 
been  an  eatmg-honse.      The  boys  thought  it  « 

should  o'l  ;     u"'"  ™"'' "  """^  "^  «"»»«'- 

8^.ould  tolerate  such  an  establishment ;  but  there 
was  the  undeniable  fact  before  their  eves  IZr 
wards  their   surprise   diminished ;    for"     man  v.' 

verj  wilhng  to  hire  the  fronts  of  their  houses  to 
other  part.es  who  did  wish  to  do  so.    In  Ss 
house  they  saw  the  traces  of  very  ele^nT  „rl 
ments,  and   learned   from    Michrj  t^^    °Z 

The  elegant  house  of  the  Dioscuri  was  visited 
ne:ct      It  „  ,„  the  Via  dei  Mercurii,  and  is  a 

some  'Zr'^'r"  ^""'"^'^o  ™'"'  -""J  -"<»  - 
visited  many  other  houses,  a  description  of  which 
.8  not  necessar^;  tj,ey  were  all  like  the  Villa  of 
Djomede,  though  less  interesting ;  and  among  hem 

d"     ^■"tl"'.    '"""^  ge''e">l  character.     Tn,u      ■ 
tZ  r'  *"  *^«'°«e--"ained,  thou^^^ 
.  few  a  small  part  of  the  second  story  ^^  visible 


'«:■     ■   •!■ 


V  .V,. 


ars  was 
irnaces. 
td  once 
i  it  ex- 
t  house 
lust  — 
t  there 

After-  . 

many  V 
of  the 
peians 
id  not 
••least 
ses  to 
Ilust's 
orna- 

that 
1  that 
rious 

sited 
is  a 
tains 
they 
hich 
a  of 
hem 


TEMPLES,  TOWERS,  AND  PA^cES.      209 

•not  make  any  pa;tic„Vr  1  fflt,    V  '""Z  *' 
-d  nearly  two  h»ndred- feet  wide     intili?^ 

t..em  to  one  of  the  greatest  c„ r^ti    ttK*^  ^; 

The  bu,ld,ng  to  which  he  led  them  was  in  m„I' 

fis\'r  "'*"."»  '^^  majority  of  the  edt 

wMe,  and  a  .Lie  t  ^  h^  ^X'  sT^t 

« wh:"  isT  ^T''"^;;"^ "  """p'«  »f  --"U! 

What  IS  this  ? "  asked  David 
An'glw'  "  ""   '■'"''"•'    "^  '-•"  -W   Michael 
-  "The  Tempkof  Isis  I "  exclaimed  David  in  ea«r 

jHon.hau:Lt:^irr:nir;nterytr 

cal  i«rt  quitv    h "t  1  connected  with  clasd. 

that^J  h,^'  ""'■''  ^'P^^Wly  from  the  feet 

that  he  had  very  recently  read  Bulwer's  Last 


■.,■1 K      It 


„U.' .  ^i 


u. 


210 


*-*/ 


^- 


AHOHG  THE  BMOANDS. 

Days  of  Pompeii ;  and  on  this  occasion  that  Ihole 
rt9r?,w,th  all  its  descriptions  and  all  its  incidS,,' 
was  brought  vividly  before  him  by  the  surrrni 
mg  scene.     Most  of  all  was  the  Temple  ofTs.t 

ftm,har  to  him  than  anything  else  that  he   had 
•      f""""l;°  '^  "ty-     Glancus  and  lone,  the  Chri^ 

ZntZr  "t  '""   '"•^  Arbaces' seemed    : 
haunt  the  place.    In  one  of  the  chambers  of  this 
very  temple,  as  Michael  Angelo  was  now  tell  ng 
7JIT  r,''''^  '«\*"g  the  way  to  that  chamber,-!:- 
had  been  fonnd  a  huge  skeleton,  with  an  axe  bes  de 
.t;  two  walls  had  been  beaten  through  by  that 
-e,  but  the  desperate  fugitive  could^go  no  far 
then     In  another  part  of  the  city  had  been  found 
another  skeleton,  carrying  a  bag  of  coins  and  some 
ornaments  of  this  Temple  of  Isis.    David  listened 
to  MichaelAngelo's  account  with  strange  in  erest. 

realty  ty  Michael  Angelo's  prosaic  statements. 
Alter  mspecting  the  chamber  just  mentioned 

had  once  been  the  pedestal  of  a  statue.    Here 
M^hael    Angela  showed   them  a  hoUow  niche 

himself  there  and  speakswords  which  the  ignorant 

'^f!.,"^^"'^  ^tooy  iip«-  ^hls  one IhinF^ 
Bhowed  the  full  depth  of  ancient  ignorance  aSd 


Cfei^V-iji   -^    »*t-«tii„i..  1 


,  .•-■  !*.*      .    ' 


>'* 


^^  AND  AHPBITHE.TB^. 


«,.  211 

.'^uent  volubility  pe^uH."  V'!,"""'"*^*'"'  that 

-"■■'A  These  moral  ^Ls  !'  '"  ""  ^'•'»  "^  *<.« 
^"ge'o's  regular  route  "".?"'"' "'«•«»«' 
he  found  himself  here  in  this  T  .  '"'""""  *■"" 
«*■■«»»  of  wisdom  .oumZIITJ'     f  '«'■«'  ^h* 

1  'e  next  place  to  which  Sh    i  ^Z"  *°  ^°«'- 
^-^  to  take  them  was  th«         t^^^^'o'-tend- 
-;.W   be   s,en  from  wh  re  th?'""'^'''™'   -'"ch 
A"  this  time  David  had  hi       ^  '""""^  ^tandin^ 
"fths   others,  and  far     "'"'^  «»g^' than  any 
He  felt  his  soul  stirred  toT'  "^'"'"""''^  ""v^d 
nlhng  scenes  through  wcVhTr^  f"""  ''•^  «>« 
•  It  seemed  to  him  as  ?hou»h  ;^   *''  been  moving, 
here  to  his  eyes,  in  one  1  n''^'^r^«  "sealed       ' 
heen    laboriously  acquli.fJT'  ""  """  he  had     . 
»^dy  of  years.  ^Bu  1     "^ttt  '"t   "^  "" 
These  Roman  houses  in,„  1,    t"?"'  "'an  books, 
'"ore  far  better  than  an"  II  '"'  """'"^  '^'^k. 

-'graved  prints,  howeverTccunr""/'  P'""'  "^ 
temples  afforded  an  insiX  ^V"""'  These 
-'■gion  better  far  than  tll°  ?/'"  P^^a"  ' 
These  streets,  and  shops  IndTu,"'^  description. 


""to  the  departed  Ror„        ,  ^'""' '""'  ""  '"B-Kht 
fresher,  and  more  WWd  a^nd      ""'"'  "'"  "-  ^ 

v,v,d,  and  more  profound,  than 


I   , 


212/       it  •      AMONG  flTHB  BBIGANDS. 

any  that  he  had  ever  gained  before.    It  seemed  L 
him  that  one  day  was  too  small  for  such  a  place. 
He  must  cdme  again  and  again,  lie  thought.  AH© 
was  unwiljin^g  to  go  on  with  the  rest,  but  lingeVeci 
■  longer  thah  any  over  each  spot,  and  was  always! 
the  last  toi  quit  any  place  which  they  visited.  \ 
They  stopped  on  theif  way  at  the  Tragic  and 
/  Comic  Theatres,  and  at  length  reached  the  AmphI 
/    theatre  itself.     This  edifice  is  by  far  the  largest' 
/     m  the  city,  and  is  better  preserved  than  any.     It 
'^h  built  of  large  blocks  of  a  dark  volcanic  stone, 
and  constPvcted  in  that  massive  style  which  the 
Romans  lived,  and  of  which  they  have  left  the  begt 
examples  in  these  huge  amphitheatres.     As   this 
Amphitheatre  now  stands,  it  might  still  serve  for 
^  one  of  those  displays  for  which  it  was  built.     Tier 
Btter  tief  those  seats  arise,  which  once  had  accom- 
modations  for  fifteen  or  .twenty  thousand  human 
beings.     On  these,  it  is  said,  the  Pompeians  were 
seated  when  that  awful  volcanic  storm  burst  forth 
by  which  the  city  was  ruined.     Down  from  these 
seats  they  fled  in  wildest  disorder,  all  panic-stricken 
rushing  down  the  steps,  and  crowding  through  thj 
doorways,  tramjling  one  another  under  foot,  in  that 
mad  race  for  life  ;  while  overh«id  the  storm  g^th- 
ered  darker  and  darker,  and  the  showers  of  ashes 
.fell,  and  the  suifocating  sjulphuric   vapors  arose, 
and  amid  the  volcanic  storm  the  lightnings  -pf  the 
Bkyiiashecl  fortl,  illuminating  all  the  surrounding 
'gloom  with  ^  horrid  l&stre,  and  blending  with  the 


, '  ( !">>■ 


MEAI8E8  AND  AMPH^eilTBES.  213 

What  little  ha,  been  Sd  of  tT*'  '■''/°"'P^""- 
gather  around  this  p1.ee  id  .1  ,V'''^  ""^ 
"Pon  those  seats  there  .•»!''  him  who  sits 

of  that  awful  scene  th  ""«  ^"'^  realisation 
where  else.  *'"°  "«"  ^e  obtained  any. 

-■^r'r^f':rt"''''<^ -ted  then..: 

-ole  ^  sea;  and  each  rn'et""  """  '^"^  "^  «>« 
ing3  that  filled  him  Th^  f  ?  "*^  *»  ""«  '^^l- 
lours,  and  all  of  ^em  fcif  "^  T*"^'"'  ""^  f"' 
that  the  rest  on'ttre  tts'^'lTr^'  "■ 
ttey  sat  and  rested.        ''^'^j^*^  grateful.    Here 


^  ^iS%hf»li^»!-  ^3laK'^  S%' 


■■■f 


2U 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


'I 


CHAPTER  XIX. 

Lofy  classical  enikn^Usm  of  David,  aHd painyuftack  of 
feeling  on  the  Part  of  Frank.  -David,  red  hot  with  the 
flow  of  the  Past,  is  suddenly  confronted  with  the  Present. 
^The  Pr^esent  dashes  Cold  Water  upon  his  glowing  En- 
thusiasm. —  The  Gates— Minos,  JEacus,  and  Rhada- 
manthus.  —  The  Culprits. 

S  they  thus  rested  on  the  seats  of  the 
Amphitheatre,  the  classical  enthusiasm  of 
David  rose  superior  to  fatigue,  and  his 
enthusiastic  feelings  burst  forth  without  restraint, 
in  a  long  and  somewhat  incoherent  rhapsody  jabout 
the  fall  of  Pompeii.  Full  before  them,  as  they  sat, 
rose  Vesuvius;  and  they  saw  that  which  helped 
them  to  reproduce  the  past  more  vividly,  for  even 
now  the  dense,  dark  cloud  of  the  volcano  was 
gathering,  and  the  thick  smoke-volumes  were  roll- 
ing forth  from  the  crater.  Far  into  the  heavens 
the  smoke  clouds  arose,  ascending  in  a  dark  pillar 
till  they  reached  the  upper  strata  of  the  atmos- 
phere,  where  they  unfolded  themselves,  and  spread 
outafar--^he  east,  and  the  west,  and  the  north^ 
-*iid  tho  Buuth.  Some  Buen  appearance  as  this  the  ^ 
mountem  may  have  had,  as  it  towered  gloomily 
before  the  Pompeians  on  that  day  of  days.    Some" 


' 


'-i'h^^t-tXA.: 


^^ 


a^  ..>.;■> 


■?stif fl 


^"■*" 


^*-, 


ENTHUSIASM  OP  DAVID. 


215 


Buch  scene  as  this  may  have  appeared,  only  deep- 
ened into  terrors  a  thousand  fold  more  gloomy,  to 
\  the  population  of  the  doomed  city,  as  they  gatb 
ered  here  on  these  seats  for  the  dasi  time. 
\  Such  were  the  ideas  of  DavidWrk ;  and  these 
ideas  he  poured  forth  in  a  long  rhap&ody,  full  of 
wild  enthusiasm.  At  length,  however,  that  ©nthu- 
Biasm  flagged,  and  he  was  compelled  to  (stop  for 
want  of  breath.  ^.^     #*^1   T^ 

"0,  that's  all  very  fine,"  said  Fratit,  suddeWv, 
as  David  stopped,  and  breaking  the  silence  which 
had  followed  his  eloquent  outburst, —  « that's  aU 
very  fine,  of  course.  You  have  a  habit,  David',  my 
son,  of  going  into  raptures  over  old  bones  and  old 
stones,  but  alter  aU,  I'd  just  like  to  ask  you  one 
question.'*  ^ 

«  What's  that  ?  »  asked  David,  a  little  sharply. 

"  Why,  this.  Has  this  pkce,  after  all,  come  up 
to  your  idea?"  And  Frai^k  looked  at  him  with 
very  anxious  eyes. 

"  This  place  ?  "  said  David.  «  What,  Pompeii  ? 
Come  up  to  my  idea?  Why,  of  course  it  has. 
What  makes  you  ask  such  a  question  as  that?  I 
never  spent  such  a  day  in  all  my  life." 

"  Well,  for  my  part,"  said  Frank,  in  a  very  can- 
did tone,  "  I'll  be  honest.  I  confess  I'm  disap, 
pointed."  ^ 


And  saying  this,  Frank  shook  his  head  defiantly, 
and  looked  at  all  the  other  boys,  with  the  air  of 
one  who  was  ready  and  wiUing  to  maintain  his 
po9ition. 


.'•4, 
4 


\  4&.*j«Vl 


i^^:.^' 


2ie 


AH%0 


IBB  BBIOANDS. 


aoribable  tone,  m  which  reproach,  astonishment 
•^  disgust  were  all  blended  together.-  ' 

t^rW  '"  Tf  f"'"'^'  fi™'y.  "  disappointed -«i 
terly,  completely,  and  tee-totally.  I'll  tell-;^„ 
what  my  idea  w,s.  My  idea  was^  tha  the  "£ 
would  b<,^reet,,  in  the  first  place  Well,  tK 
no    streets  at  all.    they're  mere  lanes.    rZil 

was,  tha{   the  Jiousea  would  be  hoJe^.     Well 

tonef^-T'"  '^,*f":°P'«^  Davi<]Hn- .indignant 
tones.  "How  could  the  houses  be  standing  after 
beng  buned  for  so  many  centuries?  You  w^^. 
what  a  tremendous  weight  of  ashes,  and  sto^s*- 
tod  earth,  lay  upon  their  roofs.    Housri    Why  • 

wTrlwhoIe    7'   ^°''^°"  '«•''  ^^o"  if  «'eho£es 
were  whole  and  uninjured,  what  would  they  be? 

f:;h'"r"?l— "--^^^ 


/■ 


^^J^T^^Tfound?    Nothing  butshams- 
pillars  built  of  bricks,  and  ptetawd  over  to  re- 


i'l0li-*tAli^!l*      i!t. 


J    f-TS,      tT-WT^t- 


I 


-J 


%; 


I 


if 


&^*- 


DISAPPOINTMENT  dp  FRANK.  217 

eemble  marble.     Do  you  call  that  the  right  ^tyle 

past:  S'  I  ""'"  ^'^"^'  "^  ^^"^'-  ^"- 

plaster  Greek  because  it's  in  Pompeii?      Then 

thS     f  f /^^^^''^-^  -  ---able  little  placel^ 
that  11  only  hold  ab(|ut  fifty  people  "       -  — 

^^Poohr'  said  David;  "as   if  tliey  didn't  know, 
•what  was  large  enough  I  " 

enoughjor  them,  what  *  poor  lot  they  .u«t  hlf^ 

Jaf  T  "rr""''  "^^'^^  "P<""P«'''  -««  not  a 
•tTfilT"    ""^'""'y'' -a"  city.    You  expect/ 
t8  find  here  the  magnificence  of  Rome  "  / 

thtl^'IV  In""''-    ^  "'^'■'''y  «^Pect  to  find  eon^e- 
thing  that'll  carry  out  the  promise  of  thbse  pi<> 
tures  tha  they  make  of  scenes  in  Pompeii.   Why 
there  .sn^t  anything  in  the  whole  town,  except'  , 
perhaps,  th,s  place,  that  looks  large  enough  for  an 
ordinary  person  to  move  about  in.    Look  at  the     ' 
wa  Is  -^miserable  thmgs  J^wenty  feet  high.    Look 
Loot'  f^^-r'y  wide  enough  fora  sbgle  cart 
Look  at  the  sidewalks  -  only  wide  enou|h  for  a 

Taf  o„r-  ^"l"  °"'^*'>-8^"  «'o  whol  town 
that  comes  up^o  my  idea  isl  the  Amphitheatre. 
T^  IS  i^sigctoble.  It  corteapond^^ritMA.^-. 
TOre  ,  and  the  descriptions  of  travellers.  BuTm 
to  all  the  rest,  I  have  only  to  remark  that  they  ar^ 
first,  mean;  secondly,  smaU;  and  thirdly,  in  out^ 
rageonsly  bad  taste."  • 


,.C    v««J,4>'-  - 


.1  i*<    A,  i-a?isBi  - 


-   „  - 1 


T   pjr^:.-,'---!^;K^jf, 


216^ 


AMONO  THE  BBIOANDS* 


-        n™"^  f»f«<Jff nd  leaked  eteadfaatly  ,t  David. 

Davd  looked  at  Frank,  but  his  feelinge  were 

too  strong  for  utterance.    His  indignatiofat  this 

desecrafon  of  a  place  that  was  so  hallowed  in 

■  feceTw  "° "  T  '""'^P-.«»««»-    He  turned  his 

They  waited  a  Lg  time,  and  when  at  length 
they  prepared  to  leave  Pompeii,  it  was  late  in  the 
•day.     All  the  otter  visitors  had  left  long  before 
»d  they  were  de  lapt  in  -the  city.    They  walked 

rZl  T^l"^  T'"'  *""""  ^^'  '■""'  ""d  "t  length 
re,^hed  the  e,^t,unce.    Michael  Angelo  went  «ff 

tekf»      .  r',    ^'-    'f''«y"'"'«<i  "  little  while  to' 
teke  a  last  look,  and  then  passed  through  the  gate.  ' 
Here  they  found  themselves  confronted  by  three 
officials,  the  custodians  of  the  place 

Engfoh."''  '**'',  '^^':''""^    '^"^    '"    ^«'y/«- 
"Messieurs,"  said  h^.'< before  you  ieave,  Tfiaf 

iJ-'^*''!  *"y"""8'"  8«W   Uncle  Moses,  in  an 
indignant  voice.    "What  do  you  mean?" 

'  u/'i^  ^TT^  P"'^'"'''  »"«. "  «aid  the  other,  po- 
litely.  -It  ees  a  fonnaletee.  I  mean  de  leetle 
stones  de  pieces  oS  steek,  wood,  plastair.  Hal 
"'L''~'^°°°'  "^e  Bonvanira"^ 


was  raiher  an  unpleasant  looking  man,  with 
a  veit^ow  &c»,  high  cheek-bone.,  md  a  heavy 


"Sfe^"- 


4 


lJs'3«!'  Wlaest, 


^r 


BELICS  PBOH  THE  BURIED  CITT.  219 

Soatee  on  the  tip  of  his  chin,  which  wagged  np 
and  down  as  he  talked  in  quite  a  wonderfol  way. 
'-eours::;*."'"*^'  P-asterr-said  Uncle  Moses. 

th  Jt*  "^"'^^J^"^^^  ■■»»«»%  at  him,  and  then  at 
the  boys  After  this  he  converted  witl.  his  com- 
panion m  Itahan.  These  companions  were  quite  as 
unprepossessing  in  their  appearance  as  himitt 
i  hen  the  6rst  speaker  turned  to  the  boys. 

_    You,  sare,"  said  he  to  Frank,  in  rather  an  un, 
pleasant  tone,  "  haf  you  de  stones  or  de  bones  ?  !' 

,  .^°'  *  f<»>«.  "Of  a  bone,"  said  Frank,  smilingly. 

aiay."  "  ''"  "*  ''"''  ""'  '  ^''^^  ^^^^ 

"  Arid  yon,  sare  ?  "  said  he  to  Bob 
"Don't  deal  in  such  articles,"  said  Bob,  with  a 
grm  -  not  m  my -line -not  my  style." 

Pardon,"  said  the  official,  with  a  sicEly  smile, 
bBt  I  must  put  de  Usual  interrogatoree.     Tou 
sare?>;  and  he  addressed  himself  trDavid 
David  turned  pale. 
He  hesitated  for  a  moment 
'   "  WeU,"  said  he,  "I  believe  I  have  got  a  few 

rllf  "™'';  J"^'  '"^o  »■•  three,  you  know;  little 
relics,  you  know." 

"Atl  ver  good,  ver  nais,"  said  the  official,  ,vith 

«aIIo«r  featofres.     "AndWon  «aro9»  i..       ^     V 
turning  to  Clive.     '""'y""'»"«'     he  continued, 

"Well,  yes,"  said  C|ive,  «  I've  got  a  few,  I 


I  jf  >i!^;«  |i&§''i  f.  y  <*' ^ 


s- 


9'^  Mb     ^*   ^^ 


Af** 


^ 


■&£ 


^ 


'r.t^ 


^-. 


:.» 


220 


f 


AMONG  THE  BRIGAIIDS. 


^  "0  no  not  at  all,"  said  the  Italian;  "dly  don^t 

-one,.„..ee.,:::^Xr:::sfc- 

David,  ,n  a  heart-broken  voice  '    Pp*" 

o„  A  1-  ,  *  "•  ^^"  tousand,  twentv  ton 
sand,  hnndred  tousand  come  here  eieryyX. 
all  take  away  hnndred  toueand  pocket  ftnTh 

t  carlT:Jayn\lTd\t"i  f  V"  ""^ 
bad,  hey.  ha.  yL  otdttanf  IT  nX^ dX 
all  oop  into  my  hand."  ^      T 

bat  the  official  was  obdurate.    He  pleaded  the  la 
He  .nested  on  the  fall  restoration  of  eve^  hW  | 

I  piece  Of  brick  from  the  Sidewalk. 
1  bit  of  stone,  sreet 

:  «*"<^^«>  Bisilica. 


■-fi 


doT 
do. 


Fort^m. 
Temple  Jupiter. 


-./ 


..fl 


-^•;\ 


^.^.'il'.';-^^^ 


^# 


i^-,  /•  «r<*i*i 


% 


ftELICS  fBOM  THE  BURIED  CITY. 


1 
1 
1 
1 

1 

1 

1 

1 


1  bit  of  stone  from 


221 


do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
bon^ 
do.  . 


1  package  dust,' 

1  do. 

1  do, 

1  pebble, 

1     do. 

If  bit  of  plaster, 


11 

I 

li 

}' 

l' 
1 


do. 

do. 
brick, 

do. 
stone, 
do. 


the  Public  Bakery. 
Sentry  box. 
Wall. 
Gateway. 
Street  Tombs. 
Villa  Diomede. 
do. 

Sepulchre, 
do. 
do. 

Villa  Sallust. 
do. 

Eating  House. 
House  of  Dioscuri. 
Pantheon. 
Temple  Mercury. 

do.      Isis. 
Tragic  Theatre. 
Comic  Theatre.  > 
Amphitheatre, 
do. 


Slowly  and  reluctantfy  tbltwo  ^      .'""'  f '"• 

those  precious  treasure,     Z\  ^\     '™'"'  °''* 
r  treasures,    badly  and  mournfully 


M 


i.A<.!m?^^s^ 


222 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


V. 


they  laid  them  on  the  table,  under  the  stern,  the 
inflexible,  the  i-elentless  gaze  of  the  three  inex- 
orable  custodians,  who.  to  David's  mind,  seemed 
the  impersonations  of  Minos,  ^acus,  and  Ehada- 
manthus.     Yea,  all  these,  and  many  more,  -  frag- 
ments  from   houses,  bits   of  mosaic   stone,   little 
chips, -all  were  seized,  and  all  were  confiscated. 
Not  a  word  was  spoken.     It  was  a  sorrow  too 
strong  for  words  ;  and  Minos,  ^acus,  and  Rhada- 
nla^thu8,  stood,   individually  and  collectively,  in- 
flexible   and    inexorable.      The     rueful    counte- 
nances  of  the  two  culprits  excited  the  sympathy 
and  pity  of  their  companions;  but  it  seemed  a  case 
where  no  help  could  avail  them.     Frank  and  Bob 
looked  upon   the   scene  with  a  strong  desire  to 
interfere   m  some  way,  and   Uncle   Moses  looked 
quite  as  distressed  as  either  David  or  CUve 
Suddenly  a  new  actor  entered  upon  the  scene. 
It  was  Michael  Angelo. 

He  came  in  with  a  quick  step,  started  as  he 
noticed  the  sadness  on  the  faces  of  his  party,  and 
then  threw  a  rapid  glandte  around.  One  glance 
was  sufficient  to  show  plainly  enough  what  had 
happened.  He  .saw  the  table  covered  with  the 
stones  and  bones  already  described.  He  saw  the 
heart-broken  expression  that  was  'stamped  upon 
the  faces  of  David  and  Clive  as  they  gazed  u^ 
their  parting  treasures.     He  saw  the  attitude  wid 


,        -         y  ^  ""•"  ""«  ttiLuuae  and 

^^^^^P^os^vf-mm^mmr^nd  PrankTimr 
Bob,  as  theji  watched  their  friends. 


■fi»^ 


kJfi'',^.4*yi  .iKuif*.  ^5 


>»«>i_i()(i,»*kji'!yi;ii!j'-.i(i   ."•ti-iJiatv  'i«.'-»f 


mLk 


«^<,.4i:,k'>' 


tVy^Jijtd. 


■\fx 


and 


# 


.      ^ '"DOES  coxcaiAijEg,    .  223 

U^lZl/Tt  ■""  °"'y  4la»e  J  ^11  to 
Michae  Angelo,  but  suggested  to  him.»  course  of 
conduct  upon  which  he  instantly  procifded  to  act 

Its   all   right,"   said  Mtehael  Angelo     "  n«. 
onderstand.     I  haf  exnl^Jno  J     v      "^*^'^-       ^©7 

BhadtinThu,'"™  "'"  ''^^''^'«<''  -<»  'ooM  at 

£!=|Sn^=thi;t^s 

«  1 11        .  •",    *^   dismissing  a  case, 
plainedr"*"  ''"  ""  ^^'"'-""-thus ;  "he  haf  ex- 

nat  tuere  was  tg  Fe  Bifr>.,„oj  .i.-L        .?  "10.= 


Vhat  U.„.  °"":  .    '       '"°'e''"at   uni 

irom  i-ompeu,  no  amoant  of  «  explanation  " 


\.  /v.'W. 


aJs  ■,''i&4i,':i<l-tia'*»./n...vj'^  .»'. 


\*      ^i-«<At*t 


Caife^CjiV 


; 


2^4 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


I* 


*      • 


could  give  them  a  claim  to  their  unlawful  posses- 
sions.  But  neither  David  nor  Glive  was  at  a|l 
inclined  to  hesitate  about  the  legality  of  tlieir  pps- 
sessions,  or  to  make  any  inquiries  about  the  nature 
of  the  explanation  whi^h  had  been  made  by  Michael 
Angelo.  It  was  joy  enoagh  for  them  to  know  that 
the  difficulty  was  over,  and  that  the  relics  were 
theirs  once  more. 

So  the  pile  of  relics  went  back  from  that  table 
mto  thA  pockets  of  David  a^d  Olive  with  a 
rapidity  that  is  inconceivable.  Away  from  their 
faces  passed  that  heart-broken  expression  which 
had  been  upon  them ;  the  shadows  passed  away 
from  their  brows,  the  sunshine  of  joy  and  exulta. 
tion  overspread  them,  and  they  looked  at  Michael 

Angelo  in  silent  gratitudor 

A   few  minutes  more  and  they  were  in  the 
carriage. 

Then  David  asked  Michael  Angelo  how  it  was 
that  he  had  changed  the  «tern  resolve  of  the  in-  . 
exorable  Rhadamanthus  into  such  easy,  gracious, 
and  good-tempered  indulgence.  > 

Michael  Angelo  laughed. 

"  I  gif  him,"  said  he,  "just  one  half  dollar.  Dat 
was  what  he  wanted  all  de  time.  Aftai're  dees  you 
know  what  to  do.  All  r-r-right.  Ha,  ha,  ha,  ha,  ha  1 "  . 

And  Michael  Angtflo  burst  into  a  peal  of 
daughter. 


r---i- 


TTpon  this  UncIeHoses  began  to  moralize  about 


1- 


^. 


h^-'f/  >  , .  *l. l,a    »   ''  ^>-  .;.%,^""i&?ii^,MaJ«.«i-'>'<*  * 


TO  NAPLES  AGAm. 


/  '^- V  'r'"'''-"sr4i^^^ 


225 


ten  thousand  otter  thll^'^'  ""«««»«««.  ""d 
And  tte  carriage  rolled  back  to  Naples.    ' 


^ 


-  -hi"*  . 


^ 
K 

*. 

* 

\ 

M 

^  t 


■  I 


'I 


^ih 


i&ii 


•  -•• 


>  • 


1 


1  •♦• 


.1   ;    ■ 


AiiXt*«!f  _';■■<*!-'. 


>♦, 


226 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


>  CHAPTER  XX. 

nt  Gbrus  of  JVaplts. -  Tk,  Museum.-  The  Curiosbi,, 
-Ho^  tkey  unroll  ,ke  Carrel  ManuJcHf^s'^^tla 
«  .        f'-H'-culaneum  anU Pompeii.  -  On  ,o  Soie.  -  c^f 

^(irshes.  —  The  AppiiForum. 

IpHE  party  remained  in  Naples  some  t^me 
longer,  and  had  much  to  see.     There  A^as 
the  Royal  Museuta,  filled  with  the  treasuLs 
of  antique  art,  filled  also  with  what  was  t^hL 
for  more  interesting -th«  numerous  articles  0x. 
burned   from  Herculaneum   and   Pompeii.    Here 
were  jewels,  ornaments,  pictures,  statues,  carvings 
kitchen  utensils,  weights,  measures,  toilet  requi-' 
sites,  surgical  instruments,  arms,  armor,  tripods, 
braziers,  and  a  thousand  other  articles,  the  ac- 
companiments of  that  busy  life  which  ha^  been  so 
abruptly  stopped.   All  these  articles  spoke  of  spme- 
thing  connected  with  an  extinct  civilization,  and 
told,  too,  of  human  life,  with  all  its  hopes,  fears    - 
joys,  and  sorrows.   Some  spoke  of  disease  and  pain! 
!f!^l'^'^^"^^"!!^J^y'  ^'^^^^  <^Aeace,,tLe 


war ;  here 


were  the- emblems  of  religion,  there 
.the  symbols  of  literature. 


■A 
*  ■     \ 


\ 


t'^^u  t-£4» 


-TTig^SigSg 


yi« 


'Curiosities, 
exhumed 
—  Capua.  • 
^  Pontine 


ne  time 
er&,  AJiras 
•easujres 
^hbm 
sles  fex- 
H^re 
irvings, 

requi- 
tripods, 
the  ac- 
)een  so 
f  sQme- 
>n,  and 

fears,  - 
d  pain, 
tjbhosa 


I  there 


.HEKCCLASEAN  AND  POMP.uk  KANUSCBIPOB.      227 

in  the  libraries  of  tK«  I  ?/    f         ^^^  ^^^"^  ^^^^^ 

were  baffled  •  but  Tf  i    .  ?*     ^^'^  ^^°"*«  »*  ^rst 
might  be  doriA     Tk^  .  ■'^  wnicn  the  thing 

were  Dot  over  eirf>r,V?.  """"^  "  "''o"^'  »»<l 

teen  feet  in  e„X  Thr;°,r'.f' ""''  '""'»*  "«• 
the  cases  hid  Shed  bVtlh;  ^^  «™amenta,and 
Its  nature  was  about  tL„  ^P^™'  rem'&ined.  - 

scroll  of  panrr  nZ  '™*  ^  *''«  "»'»"  <>'  » 

through  .rfiiTaar " ':  -^^  ^^--^^ 

ro.Ied,^ouIdcruJeltttt;nClX""" 
was  arjfestfid  hv  ««**•  •  ■^''"w>«'ni8«runlbhnir 

«eIatin;u11bS7j;:,f„-»f  "f  f '»"«'•' 
was  niaoed  tt.-.      ,',?       ™'"='"' "heet  of  muslin 

unrged  slowly  and  ^S-  ?_'^'!  "f^  ''  "<" 


«me;>maou  being \.nrSTfe7-r^^^^ 
atince  made.    Of  co»r»  t^  ''"  "^P^  '^ 

pr^«ervethomanus:;LTtlS:ert::S.e1 


•^, 


;>:*-  s^j^^S^u" 


--•i:;.? 


228 


AMONG  THE  6RIGANDS. 


and  after  a  short  exposure,  just  long  enough  to 
admit  of  a  copy  being  made,  they  shrank  up'  and 
crumbled  away. 

There  were  other  places  of  attraction  in  this 
beautiful  city— the  Villa  Reale,  the  chosen  prom- 
enade  of  the  Neapolitans,  which  stretches  along 
the  shore,  filled  with  trees,  and   shrubbery,  and 
winding  paths,  and  flower-beds,  and  vases,  and 
statues,  and  sculptures,  and  ponds,  and  fountains, 
and  paviHons.    There  was  the  Castle  of  St.  Elmo 
with  its   frowning  walls ;  the   Cathedral  of  San 
Francisco,  with  its  lofty  dome  and  sweeping  colon- 
nades ;  an4  very  many  other  churches,  together 
With  palaces  and  monuments. 
_  But  at  last  all  this  came  to  an  end,  and  they  left 
Naples  for  Rome.     They  had  a  carriage  to  them- 
ee^yes,  which  they  had  hired  for, the  journey,' and 
the  weather  was  delightful.    The  road  was  smooth 
and  pleasant,  the  country  was  one  of  the.  fairest  on 
earth,  Jpd  as  they  rolled  along  they  all  gave  them- 
.^^Ives^p  to  the  joy  of  the  occasion.    Thev  passed 
.^   thresh  a  region  every  foot  of  which  was  classic 
gro^d.  Along  their  way  they  encountered  amphi- 
thej^res,  aqueducts^mbs,  and  other  monuments 
of  Jie  past,  some  m  ruins,  others  still  erect  in 
stately  though "  melancholy  grandeur.    Capua  in- 
vited them  to  tarry  — not  the  ancient  Capua,  but 
*he  modern,  which,  though  several  milea  r1.-«tftnt  _ 


•bin  the  historic  city,  has  yet  a  history  of  its  own, 
/and  its  own  charms.    But  among  aU  these  scenes^ 


1  »-'^ts.'S^-""*ivWi^«iu:^ 


s*e„.v     fi^VwV"^.  s  ■ 


• 


S 
I] 


'\-r 


b] 


r'-t?- 


J 


if  ■^_ 


/ 


i 


TEBBACINA. 


r 


229 


',^n  ''^'•'\T'"*  they  encountered,  the  oL  that 
nspressed  them  most  was  Cicero's  tombl    It 'is 
bmlt  on  the  spot  where  he  was  assassinate  J,  of  im- 
■   r°«e  stones,  joined  without  cement.    In  Lpe  it 
IS  square  but  the  interior  is  circular,  and  I  siLle 
column  rises  to  the  vaulted  roof.    Of-Com-re  whl^ 
ever  contents  there  may  have  been  have  lolg  since 
been  scattered  to  the  winds;  no  memoril  of  ?he 
great  orator  and  patriotic  statesman  is  visiL  now  • 
but  the  m.me  of  Cicero  threw  a  charm  aLt  the 
place,  a^d  It  seemed  as  though  they  weJe  drawn 
nearer  to  the  past.  ,The  boys  expressed  tLr  fee" 

2ve'^T"""  ™^%'""*  David,  who  ^as  most 
alive  to  the  power  of  classical  associations,  de- 
vered  verbatim,  about  one  half  of  the  Lt  or^ 
tion  of  Cicero  against  Catiline.  He  would  have 
dehvered  the  whole  of  it,  and  more  also,  hojZl 
doubt,  had  not  Frank  put  a  sudden  stop  io  Us  iiow 
of  eloquence  by  pressing  his  hand  against  David's 

"Ip  itT      "*''""«  *°.^«*-e  "^'^  "«  ^^ 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  second  day  they  arrived 

shore  with  the  blue  Mediterranean  in  f™nt„stretch. 
mg  far  away  to  the  horizon.    Par  out  into  the  se«    ■ 
run   the  promontory  of  Circ»um,-flvniliar  to  the 


.■>^ 


-wMe-erer^hBwi^tef  the  white  sails  of  & 
f«>vmg  ves«,lB  passed  to  and  fro.  th^  y^Z 
broke  on  the  st.»nd,  fishing-boats  were  dr.^  up 


23Q 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


-^' 


on  the  b'oach,  and  there  were  wonderful  briaknem 
and  animation  in  the  scene  CTisimew 

Terracina,  like  aU  other  towns  in  this  country 

thl  Tlr        ""^^^'^'^K  where  thft  waters  of 
the  Mediterranean  rippled  and  plashld  over  the 

^:iT:^.'''7o  t  rtoiiir-  t- 

th.  surrounding  heaut,  th'e^y^el:  ^^ 
and  wandered,  and  scrambled,  and  raced  »nH 
chased  one  another  about  the  sl«mbe™„s  'town 

the  long  roll  of  the  Mediterranean  waL  aTthev 

dashed  upon  the  beach,  and  on  the  fouS^X,^ 

ttg  resumed  their  journey     The  tr^      ^       "" 

.though  the  Pontin^e  Mars^tdXiteS 

PoI«*"Shlst':ne'^;L'^  *''%''^^  o'  «-« 

*«Haa  in  breadth  i^i)^::::^^:^'^^ 


PONTINE  MAB3HBS. 


231 


.  origm  of  these  marshes  is  not  l;nown.  In  thei 
early  ages  of  the  republic  of  Rome  ntimerous^ 
cities  are  mentioned  as  existing  here.  But  all 
these  gradually  became  depopulated ,  and  now  not 
a  vestige  remains  of  any  one  of  them.  Prom  a 
very  remote   period    numerous  efforts  were  put 

AninM!?""  '""''  ^'"^-     ^''«»  the  famous 
Appian  Way  wa»  constructed  through  them  thev 

formed  which  ran  by  the  road-side?  and  of  this 
canal  Horace  speaks  in  the  well-known  account  of 
brs  journey  to  Brundusium.    Julius  Ca^sarintend- 

task  of  reclaiming  them ;  but  his  death  prevented 
Lni  ™T"'  recessive  emperors,  the   aO 

tempt  was  made  and  continued,  until  at  last,  in 
the  reign  of  Trajan,  nearly  all  the  district  was 
recovered.    Afterwards   it  fell  to  ruin    and  Z 

neglected  for  ages,  down  to  modern  times.  Varl 
ous  popes  attempted  to  restore  them,  but  without 
Bnccess  until  at  last  Pope  Pius  VI.  kchievedthe 
accomplishment  of  the  mighty  task  in  the  year 
1788,  ever  since  which  time  the  district  has  been 
nnder  cultivation.  u-»8oeen 

The  road  was  a  magnificent  one,  having  been 
S°^^S!!!°-lfthe4ien.i^^ 


•  V  *_7«» Jixed  on  essh  siTe  with  tre^ef^ 
was  broad  and  well  paved.    It  is  considered  on, 
of  the  finest  m  Europe.    Alottg  this  they  rolled. 


.^'^i''^ 


>• 
>» 


:^. 


^^Vrt.""     >  /■'■^  1* ' 


-  ^f*     ^-i 


'*''"';-lv-: 


/. 


232 


AMONG  TH^  BRIGANDS. 


""atics/'and  took  L.    .    """"P'^'-ed  of  "rheu- 

--^y:-. As  the,  went  o„XTw  frowTs tf  "'^ """" 

,     com  ng  to  work  in   the  fiTll     Th„  "^P'"^*'"'' 

lived  in  thB  I..II  „      "'"  °eias.     ihese  peasants 

women,  and  even  children  w„r„  "P"*'™"-  "en, 
pale,  sickly  faces  and  h.  !  ?  "■*'  *'"'  ""^ir 
deaclly  were  ::  effects  of  Thl'  '''°''  "'"'''«<'  """^ 
from  this  marshy  soil  ''°^'°""  ^^'alations 

Bto^rarttf^rr-r'"r-« 

roadside.  David  bZSJL  T''*'^''  ^^ «"« 
this  place  might  orS.  J°°t  "  '»  "'"««'«' 
mentioned  fn  the  booT^5  f  ''*  ""^  ''°™»>  ^PPii 
of  St.  Paul  on  his  war  to  1°  ■"  "  "'"PP^S-P'-^* 
were  too  hungry  toUtT'  """  "-e  others 
the  question.    Thev^J?^  T^"''  *'''"«^»'  '»     ' 

their  journey.  ^       '      ''  *''*''  jesumed 


.  -"^. 

— . 

' 

-"».,    ^ 

-^r-- 

)  *  ;.  ■  -.,  - 

-M'^.^^. 

■  ■-^s^: 

s 

S^S"' 

^.. 


I. 


>(»«.; 


fiand  the 
as  damp, 

particu- 
'  "  rheu- 

against 
pwarm- 

>easants 
easiants 
!  had  to 
f  labor, 
•   Men, 
d  their 
)d  hotv 
lations 

which 
5y  the 
lether 
Appii 

place 
thers 
er  in 
two 
imed 


PONTIlfe  MABSHE8. 


233 


'fi 


CHAPTER  XXI.        - 

The  Pontine  Marshes yl  rj.^^ 

n,  foul  EMSicnsJ^T^^""" "'"'"" '•orfy.- 

|0R  the  first  half  6t  the  day  the  boy,  h»a 
been  ,n  g„at   «p,rits.     Laughter^ noisy 

-.s  ha7rcitC;SrAr"^°- 

^a.iniat«.eBedia..   B^a^:",!    t -^|^ 

Wan^.  actVn  thet  ^Thtt^Tt^h: r 
and  chill,  and  unpleasant.    A  ceneml  fJv      ^    % 

I      T!^"  ^^  nonsense  mnr^  „*„^.-j.       f  . 


\^P^^,tJfiftC^^^^  ^tJ    ^^*?. 


.A 


;-:v?^ 


r 


234 


AHONO  THE   B^fGANDS. 


T^eeks  older  than  DavM^^t  ^  "'^/"'^  »  '«'' 

and  more  „>at„re  in  J^  rltt^  fet""^"" 
hard  student   anri  r^    ,  -^ '^^l^^^^s.    i»avid  was  a 

and  had  a  a^er  sha'/ofTh  T  °f  "^  '»*-°™. 
be  gained  from  btks -but  ^'""r'^'f ''"''' "ay' 

of  the  world    and  i^  »n  *K       T^  ^  '^«"  ">-»•« 

'  cal  affairs  of  com^riifo  .  "'*'''  *''  ""^  P™<=«- 

««perior  to  Dav.T  For  1       ""'  ■«"»«as„«bly 

-assumed,  and  vlrv  J      f      ''"^™  F™nk  often 

,       of  the  pkr'f   and  so   "'■'"'°'  ""'  ^ardianship 

•hearted  Lin!    Sf*  ''?;'""'««■'' and  simple, 
from  them      ^'  T  ^'""'"'^  '•^l-'^ed  protection 

selves  go  to  2;n  p  u  :^'"°S''  "»' '»  '«*  them 
%Pontin  "Ses  W  a  '^"l  «"'"*'■«  air  of 
send  one  t<?8leen    »ni^  r       P^""'""'  ^^n-^ene^  to 

*  the  corise?„enc?s'mil't ?";:';""•'  ''"'^  ">  '^'^' 
-would  be  sure  to  Zt      ,  ***'•    *'"^«'-'  "-^  ^aid  . 
dnlged  in  under  suehT     "'^  ""*'  "'Sht  be  in- 
et/whichwaT  created  """T'^'"^''-    "^  anxi- 
aense  of  res;:n   M %  ZZ  7%  '^'^J  '"  ''" 
keep  him  awake,  and  left  him  f^  "'®"'™*  *«*- 


awake  also;  and  thn's  l^Z^S^^^^ 
fag  danger.     .  '™"'  'he  impend- 


V 


#  V : 


tr  /•uTt-^-'y^. 


V 


it  J  of  tho 
3I7  a  i'ew 

stronger 
i^id  was  a 
ok-worm, 
that  may 
>en  more 
e  practi- 
asurably 
ik  often 
lianship 

to  him, 

Uncle 

as  their 

simple- 

tection 

'arning 
i  tliem- 

air  of 
ncy  to 
0  this, 
3  said,- 
be  in- 

anxi- 
>y  his 
nt  to^o" 
[I_hi8 


A  CHANGE  COMES  OVER  THE  PARTT.  235 

was  not  a  very  strilrin.,  -^ut  the  smgmg 

Up.   •  -^  .    .    -^  strikmg  success  :  there  was  a  l«Pt 

l^nt  whether  it  was  thf.  .,.         .  f      '^"  "''^^P' 
•riade  him  more  Uahl!  f  '"\ ""'"'«  '^-Perament 

"Come,  Bob,"  said  Prank,  "  this  won't  do     Yn.. 
.don't  mean  to  say  that  j^ou'^  sleepy7  "" 

yawt!"'  ""!'"'«•     ^^  ''^''^  his  eyes,  and 

;;Bob -«rid  p,  k,  „ t,t^  ^^  ^^  ^^ 

*'-  I"  »"  "ghy  -aid  Boh,  with  u  d»wl 


"r-'^^'t'S^-Tn.wideaX'; 

Scarce  ha4  he  finished  this  when  hie  eves  cIn.,H 
•gain,  Mid  his  head  fell  forward.  '  ^ 


thers 
3end- 


V    - 


L*j»*.-1#    *"  -n  «..    ?■. 


— 1  «PB-  v^'iu  tmiv  I '  mat 


236 


/I 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


^ 


Frank  shook  him,  and  Bob  raised  himself  np 
with  an  effort  at  dignified  surprise,  whi«h  w» 
however,  a  feilnre.  ■  x"  was, 

kv"  Jr  ''^^^"'''  ''"'"  *  ^'"°<'  ^^  »aW  i"  a  has- 
fcy,  sldepy  voice. 

«  But  I  will  shake  you,"  cried  Prank. 

«oddi:g~ag":in: '""'" "''  ^'"'' '° "  •^'^  ""'^p^^' 

rI^'^CL  """^  F™k;"tWll  never  do.    Bobl 

Boblw^ke  ,      Bobl      B0*0KHMHM>0<«KM.b 

wa-a-ara-ara-arake  u-u-u-u-up ! " 

he^hnhlf  "JT".'''"!' ""■'"  "P-  O-the  contrary, 
W»  H  P  ?  '''"''  '"  "  ^°°^''^  -^d  ™becile  way 
towards  Prank,  as  though  seeking  unconsciously 
to  find  a  place  on  which  to  rest  it.  But  Prank 
wouldn't  ^llow  anything  of  the  sort.  He  ml!  Bob 
«t  erect,  and  held  him  in  this  way  for  some  fW 

uavid  and  Clive  were  a  little  roused  by  this  and 
Burveyed  ,t  with  sleepy  eyes.  Uncle  Mose  "hot 
ever   was  as  wide  awake  as  ever -he  had  his 

and  th,s  made  sleep  out  of  the  question.  He  now 
joined  h,s  entreaties  to  those  of  Prank;  and  thi 
two,  umtjng  their  shouts,  succeeded  iL  maJng 
considerable  uproar.  "iai"ag 

Still  Bob  would  not  wake. 

rZln""^^^  ^"°"  g^*  °"^  ^°d  walk,"  said  Vro^jnk. 


"lL..m  uever  do.    IT  Be  sleeps  here,  he  may 
never  wake  aimin »  '         ^"J' 


never  wake  again." 


ife4^*,«?l0kr^-^^  w  J  i^-nrVfW)  -♦  i  \ 


it<*  \s  *  -J  ''rf-  ...fei^it.^,it, 4  "1^"   «„.M\i,^w^ 


'V. 


limself  up 
'hioh  was, 

I  in  a  hus- 


r  whisper, 

0.    Bob  I 
o-o-o-o-bl 

contrary, 
cile  way 
isczously 
it  Frank 
ade  Bob 
lie  time, 
ng  him. 
his,  and 
es,  how- 
had    his    ; 

e  boys, 
He  now 
and  the 
making 


Fraaka 


THE  SLEEP  OF  DEATH. 


e 


may 


'*■'  '^CA.w^^^k 


237/ 


Saymg  this,  Frank  turned  to  onen  iha  .      • 
door  to  call  to  the  driver      A  ! V^!",'       ,  ""^"^^S^ 
his  hold  of  Bob  who  b!j^    ^«  he  did  so,  he  loosed 

that  side^eU  ;ve^o'  Ffank'  T'  '"^^'^  "^  ^° 
downwarT  °^  ^  ^^^  ^^^^  h'«  ^oe 

him  as  hard  as  he  conld,  he  veiled  ;„ 

sleepily  unwilling  to  submit  to     tV  .  ^^ 

his  teeth.  "  *'  ^^  ^^^^ed  it  in 

«  B0K)^0b  I     Bo^D-O-O-OKHMJ-b  I  »     yelled    Fmnt 

ilut  Bob  wouldn't  ""upi 

Dl^Ih''t^  "u**"  *'■«'''«''"■*•'•'«  teeth. 

held  in  hifl  teeth.      ^  "^"^  ^^'^  '°°"**»'  **»«* 


:.i*)i*j!l;^viiiijl..'\,.w^,',.?!  -v  ,,    , 


'it'.  t*vii 


'■■to 


"V 


238 


N     si 


It 


t\-* 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


^ZT^  ^''''^^^  ^*  ^^  dismay,  and  then  looked 

He  gave -a  cry  of  vexation.     • 

Bob  had  seized   Frank's  trousers  in  his  teeth 
and  as  he  was  pulled  up,  he  held  on  tight.    €onse' 
quently  tI^e  cloth  gave  way,  and  there  was  poor 
Frank,  reduced,  to  rags  and  tatters,  and  utterly 
unpresentable  in  any  decent  society.         . 

He  |ave  up  Bob  in  despair,  and  beg^n  to  in^ 
vestigate  the  extent  of  the  ;uin  that  had  been 
wrought  m  his  trousers.     It  was  a  bad  rent,  an 

'  Z  t"^    V  T'  ^?  ^■''* '  ""^  "^-^  that/4m^ia  da 
wag  to  fie  his  handkerchief  around  his  leg 

'Bob  now  slept  heavily,  held  up  by  Uncle  Moses. 

Ibe   other   boys    grew   drowsier  and    drowsier. 

Frank  was  just  deciding  to  get  out  of  the  carriage 
.  and  make  them  all  walk  for  a  time,  when  a  snd- 

den  event  occurred  which  brought  a  solution  to 

the  problem. 

It  was  a  sudden  crash. 

Down  sank  the  carriage  under  them,  and  away  • 

It  went,  toppling  over  on  one  side.  A  cry  oiT 
terror  escaped  all  of  them.  Every  one  started  up, 
and  each  one  grasped  his  neighbor.      ' 

There  was  something  in  this  sudden  shock  so 
dreadful  and  so  startling,  that  it  broke  through 
even  the  drowsiness  and  heavy  stupor  of  Bob  and 
penetrated  to  his  slumbering  faculti««,  «n^  f^  „n 
His^nt  roused  them  all.  With  a  wild  yell  he  flung 
his  arms  i^ound  Uncle  Moses.    Uncle  Modes  feU 


,'ra.,»&i 


S^f^ 


N     \i 


en  looked 


his  teeth, 
t.  Oonse- 
was  poor 
id  utterly 

'^TL  to  in- 
had  been 
rent,  an 
"Cbuld  do 

le  Moses, 
drowsier, 
carriage 
n  a  sud- 
lution  to 


nd  away 

cry  of 

rted  up, 

hock  so 
through 
•ob,  and 
i  Jp-an 


\ 


A  BBEAK-DOWN. 


239 


"  AM  right,"  8aid  he,  ih  a  cheerful  voice     "W„ 
have^^,o„e„ver  quite..  The  horses  haZtopp!^! 

'<Vn«v.  °"'f\°^'      eJtclaim^d    Bob's  voic» 

Toare  smothering  Un^le  Moses."    Prank  wh^ 
was  uppermost, disengagea  himself, and  helw<riff 
the  other, ;  and  finally  Bob  scrambled^war  S 
ev«ry.indicationbvthia  tim^    V""»'"8way,gm4g  , 
perfectly  wide  aw/ke        '        '''''  •"  ""  "'  ^' 

This  restored  Uncle  "Moeea      1T=  ™        v. 
take  a  long  breath.  »«  was  ,bl6  jj,. 

ca^^Zaf  il^rir'-tfof:  \°T  J-^ 
V  underneath,  a  shat^Ired  wrick:  ^  '^  '""  '"'^^"' ) 
Now  all  was  bustle  and  confusion.^  '        -f 

enough  to  traverse  the   larshes     Th»  H    n 
'■"'.pod,  and  their    efforts    dl.     ^'''  ^^^  "'• 


'-x 


t 


^«i«e  ot  dro;;;;ess  °  ""''^  "''^  "■°  '-"t 

.^  "W".  binding  H  upon  the  fore  axle,  and 


le  flung 
tea  feU 


^rV 


^;^; 


240 


-t,-^ 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


lett»g  its  otherend  dragon  the  ground.    Now  as 
were  then  hitched  on  l,y  the  Tm!!;       .1        '^' 


;  •■  1  ■ 


if-'??:.' 


Ik- 


id.  Now,  as 
rested  upon 
to  keep  the 
ich  supplied 
The  horses 
without  any 
I  along  the 


;'r/;^|.%-5i#i?S^^p^:- 


\ 


THE  MARCH  ENDED. 


241 


^PTER  xxuj 


Peace  Prepare  pr  IVar^mfr    ^'^'''''~-^*^  ^'^^  o} 
^  ^^e  Garrtson  arm  themselves.   ' 

-   -      they  all  went  „n''7T^'    '""'this  time 
of  Pncle  Moils,    net  weff '  t'  *■■*  «««?«»» 
-one:  first,  because  iZZ71Z'''TJ°'  '"">  '«<- 
.    to  p„J,  them  all  when  oZ  rfT""'  '?  *''*  '«'"«» 
since  it  was  as  m„ch  aT^K  ''''*«'»  '^«»  gone     ' 

a  walking  pace  ";en\^tb  ^^  """"  "^  '»  "^    ' 
the  other  reason  wiTt  ht  """f,'^  "'"■™«o !  »<«      • 
be^better  able  to  TgbtVi  ''f '"«  '^"y  '^""M 
^d  menaced  them.    In  Ch  »   Z™"'""''  '^"o'' 
"  concerned,  there  did  »„/'    !  '^^  *'  ^''O'^^ess 
particular  dai^ffer-L*i,    ^   ""^^  "=«»  to  be  anr 
'""J  been  suffi^e^fl     '    ^''^^'-ob^afcrZ 

;?'^-^»  "t  that^^,';:^"".  "^t  °"'^' ""''  t^  - 

"■ewever,  on  accouat  of  h        °'"*-    "^"o'e  Moses,        \ 
>-<•  Us  tenden^^t" rhtl^";,'"''  '■'"'™'-"4 
•    16^         '''*""»t,cs,.  together  with 


•^ 


■ 


242 


AMONG  THE  ^GANDS. 


his  freedom,  from  drowsiness,  was  installed  in  ^he 
,    carriage,  with  all  due  honors,  as  its  sole  occupant, 
/     Walking  on  thus,  Jjiey  did  not  regret,  in  the 
/  slightest  degree,  the  hardships  of  their  lot,  but 
rather  exulted  in  them,  since  they  had  been  the 
means  of  rousing  them  out  of  their  almost  uncon- 
querable tendency  to  sleep.     Frank  felt  the  high- 
est  possible  relief,  since  he  was  now  freed  from  the 
responsibility  that  had  of  late  been  so  heavy.     In 
Bob,  howeveay^ere  was   the   exhibition  of  the 
greatest  liveliness.     Bob,  mercurial,  volatile,  non- 
sensical,  mobile,  was  ever  running  to  extremes; 
and  as  he  was  the  first  to  fall  asleep,  so  now,  when 
he  had  awaked,  he  was  the  most  wide  awake  of  all. 
He  sang,  he  shouted,  he  laughed,  he  danced,  he 
ran;  Jie  seemed,  in  fac^,  overflowing  with  animal 

spirits.  I 

•  ,1 

Fortunately  they  wej-e  not  very  far  from  the 
end  of  the  marshes  whep  the  wheel  broke,  and  in 
less  than  two  hours  the^y  had  traversed  the  re- 
mainder. The  driver  could  speak  a  little  English, 
and  informed  them  that  tWy  could  not  reach  the 
destination  which  he  had  jproposed  ;  but  he  hoped 
before  dark  to  get  as  far\a8  an  inn,  where  they 
could  obtain  food  and  lodgiiig.  He  informed  them 
that  it  was  not  a  very  gooS  inn ;  but  under  the 
circumstances  it  was  the  byst  that  they  could 
hope  for.    To  the  bbys,  fao^A^everrit  made 


TJttiraf^rence^jMtTsort  of  aVi  inn  they  came  to. 
As  long  as  t]^could  get  soiethiliig  to  eat,  and 


ij  &' 


toy.-: 


'  i 


/ 


LONELY  iW. 


243 


any  kind  of  a  bed  to  lie  on,  tL  were  Lf    .        I 
80  they  told  the  driver.  -  '  ""^^  "^^^^  P^t«nt ;  and 

Leaving  the  marshes,  the  road  bein  f 
^nd  after  about  a  half  houi^s  Wh  J^^ 
came  to  a  place  which  Cdrit'fc 
was  the  inn.       •  ^    ^^iver  miormed  th<^ 


once  been  covered  wth  ?"''  '"«'''  ''^'"'^  ^ad 
had  fallen  offTn  'in,  ""r'  '"'*  ""«  »'»««<> 
stones  underneath  ?„/""'''  '^"'''°''"«  t""*  ™"gt 

A  door  opened  iaZ/LT'"  ""^  *'""  ^'««'-»'d«- 
Which  wasVllCdiSr  iTth  "''  "^ 

,third  in  thTaTt7^  nteVeV  if  '"^7'  '^'  » 
matr-Sonre  srlh^^  h.^!  T  *"  ""*"  »°d  die- 
had  sashes  wi  t  X'tLr'f^'''  """'" 
sashes  at  all.  .  ^       '   *'"'*  °*''«"  had  no 

whtSed'h^ aTthe:r^  *^  '"°™''"'»  »' 
There  was  somethinLt  k     "«'  "'  '*  <'™'^  °«ar. 

their  dirtv  swarf h,,  <-o  ^'P"'^*^®  to  the  bovs; 
Mblack  be:X'thn«r"'  -**  shag^, 
beneath  which  their  M    t    ^^   «y«hrows,  from 

.  ^e^^^w^e^nanevi^aspect^a. 


^fcS^i 


■•i 


244 


1 


.    4 


AMONG  TH^  BRIGANDS. 


vnoked   simster,  auspioioM  appferance,  by  which 

'  nl        .  ^'  "*■■*  '1"""y  ™P'««8ed.    They  said 
Dothmg,  however,  and  much  m  theV  disliki^  th„ 

that  there  was  no  help  foHt,  and  so  the;  madeul 
^err  inmds  to  pass  the  night  here  as  we'u  ^\^ 

teaving  the  carriage,  they  waited  a  few  mo- 

ments  to  ask  the  driver  about  the  prospecTs  f^ 

•rLTV!7;    ^'  ''"^'  '""'  ev'rytMng  a^ 

rSfte^dX^C:^^^^^^^^^^ 

■f^tt^lw.^X""'''^'''''"^*"'---^^^^ 

.Jt''  r!r""'^l«'«»'  somewhat,  and  though  thev 
aT  w„„|d  have  been  willing  to  walk  to  Velletre 

would  n„r^  ^  f^'^""  '"'"•  y«'  ^-"'^  MolTs 
wo»M  not  be  able  to  do  it,  and  so  they  had  to  make 
np  their  minds  to  stay.  "  wmage 

On  entering  the  house,  they  found  the  interior 
q«  to  ,n  keeping  with  the  exterior.    The  h^l  w« 

were  infonned,  was  to  be  theirs.    The  door  wm 
fragUe,  and  without.any_fe,tening,    The  rZZ" 


---.:•      ^    :  -y-jjywning,    me  room  was 

-rtarge  one,  oontainin^g  a  tebie'and  three  be^t 
inth  one  emaU  waah^tand.    Two  windows  looke  ' 


u 


M 


THE  INN. 


245 


open  to  the  air  *  *"'  ^"*  ^as 

■oom  at  alt^  ''  """^  '""«?!?  Ughtedthe 

While   they   were  Z,-  "^^  ^^  •>«»»«'• 

browed  villlL  ^Ted  „;?r;"  .f '"«*'«''    '»- 

pl*ed  down  each  dish  in  '"'  """*  "^  ''« 

roind  upon  the  .L  .^"''ce'sion,  he  looked 

hpngry  than  ihese      bT  ^ese      "^  ^"'''"*''' 
eiai^ation  to  be  affe^twi  ''*'"*  *°°  "«« 

^oaeioD.  "«  **"  "i^arksfor  afotnre      , 

So  the  dinner  passed. 


-they  al.  looked  tl'fte^^^t^'T^t^^ ''°'''' 
th.ir  he«i.  togethTrand  tten  fl  ""  """^  '^  P"' 


t::'ii,  i<(.iiniMi 


24d 


1^  '-' 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


-'^SV^?' 


"  Adon'^  like  this,"  said  Prank. 
*       V  \    do.  said  Clive. 

do.  saidLfavid.  ^ 

\do-     .  said  Bob. 

Cnri/r'  ''"°^^*!^  ocfortable  iere,"  said 

"  I>id  youy otice  that  scowl  ?  "  said  Bob 

^""'X  saidCHve. 

'     f'   \  sai*  David,   h 

'-*.TT«'.*?*      ,.  «^'d  Frank. 

Moses.      I  ve  been  expectin  somethiii  o'  this  6ort." 
nhJ      ^'^'x,^"°^^  ""  ^^""^'  ^«^  fearof,l,eink 

do  r  TH      K        ^''  "P  ^"^  closed  the  rick  t? 
door.     Then  he  resumed  his  seat.  ^/ 

Then  they  all  put  their  heads  together  again. 
This  IS  a  bad  place,"  said  Frank! 
/  ^^-  said  Clive. 

/  do.  said  David. 

/     ^^   ,       do.  said  Bob. 

"I  distrust  them  alf,"  said  Clive.  J 

do.  said  Frank.  *'  '  ^ 

do.  gaid  David, 

do.  said  Bob.  :"        i  ' 

I  don  t  like  the  looks  of  ttiat  ^re  driver,"  said 
yPcie  Moses.    "  I  blevflJig  -  '    ^^^ 


tvy^yc^, -  -  'y; "^gmmirivog^  tfaat  there 

^«^  a  purpose,  so^r^;;^^;'^ 


here  den." 


^^/i^j,    ;JM  ;.v;..-A 


"^ 


^ 


Vi5    I  •• 
/       -V.I 


-  ,.nr'- 


SUSHGIOUS  APPEARANCES. 


247 


Hr  wH?r'  rr Lri  '^-H  !"*L»''«  -•-a- 


of  all.  Who  was  thQ^ 
down  was  certain! 
all  pre-jirranged 
men  bfelow.    Th  _,, 
"  There  are  a  dbz 

do. 

do. 

do. 


,  after  all?  That  break- 
'US.  It  might  have  been 
^  suspicions.    Then  the 

manyofiheml 
lem/'  said  Bob. 

spd  Frank. 

«iaid  David. 

/said  ChVe. 


««,-/n 'i'  .?  '^  ^  gatheriVhere  altogether" 
said  Uncle  Moses,  "an  it's  m^  idee  that^heyVe 
come  for  no  good.  Didn^t  Zou  notice  how  they 
stared^  at   us   wUh  them  ^Xked-looking  eyes  <J 

'      '  ■    \     '   '  /     '  '        ■■        ''' 

"  I  wish  we'^  gone  on,'/said  David. 

^^'      \  I  said  Bob.     ■ 

do.      .^,-      ,7    said  .Clive|fe  /    ' 

^^^      d°-  '^      r    saidFranC^ 

«.-A^'',  T'  *^**'Tb^*  we'd  ort  to  hev  doni" 
said  Unele  Moses.  ^Why  didn't  some  on  ye  thii^k 

^rt:^r  ^"^^*^-'<^  be  W4ed," 

nvV-   '^r  '^'''''^'  "^^'^  And  he  paused, 
all  l^e  ravm/distrafted  I    Me  tired  I    Whylx'm  ai^ 


"]^!f^  a>fcket]  a^though^th^r^^ 

ilT   r     ""'^  '^'^'  ^"^^^^'  narverand  sinnoc, 
^Wnall  on  ye  put  together."  • 


//^ 


*«%!{;  r«!il4»»jU« 


^ 


m. 


w   ?■::■ 


I'\ 


a 


y,. 


248 


AMONG  THE  BRlQj^s. 


At  this  little  outburst  fho  l^«         • , 

.    regretted  that  th  J  had  It    7^  ""'^  °°*^^'°^'  ^"t 
ing  on.    ,  ^  ^^^  ""^^^  ^*  ^east,  proposed  go- 

"  We're  in  a  fix/'  said  ChVe. " 
^^       '       said  Bob. 
^^-  said  Frank. 

'  .do*  ^^^^  ^avid. 

-      ^^*  said  Bob. 

"  It's   ihl  I  ^^'^  ^^^ve. 

Undo  Mot;  °''"°"'"'  P'"-  I  ever  see,"  said 

"It'a  too  dart  to  leave  now,"  said  David.     ' 
do.  ®^^^  ^^'ve. 

do*  ®^^^  ^ob-  ' 

"Yes,anc|   they'd  an  be  arC'^'f 

Theyreth,^orstsortofbriganda,"«SJdBob. 

do.  '  «aid  Frank.  -^ 

do.  Bai4  David. 

"Y^,    reff'Iar    hW^fi,-    .  said  Clive. 

JJncIeMose/'''^^^^^^^-^*^   miscreants,"    said 

"mdoorhas  no  lock,"  said  Frank. 

,%  said  David-j^  ^    •    . 

^^^ ^--^ oaid  Cob.    ' 


Jjt 


^oT 


^ 


said  Clive. 


■iiaS*.&r.'.i..., 


i  nothing,  but 
proposed  go- 


^ncle  Moses. 


■  see,"  said 

vid. 
ve. 

b.  t;  .      " 

nk. 

fore   we'd 


su3Pieioua  appearances. 


^  —  -ri-EABANCES.  249 

"O,  yes,  it's  a  ree-'lnr  f^«  ^ 

«ure,"  said  Uncle  Zis     «T' '?  T''*^  ^'"  '^^  ''' 
out  of  it."  ^-       ^  *^°^>'  hope  we']I  get 

^    «  That  window's  open,  too,"  said  David. 

do*  said  Frank, 

do*  saidpiive. 

"Yes  nn+»,„      •  ,.  said  Bob. 

Mose!    C^^^^^^  \-^  -  iV'said  Uncle 

"  ThL'li  !  ^^'"''^  *«  P"t  agin  it  I  " 

.         ^fa^^^jj^ come  to-night,"  said  CJive. 

•  /'  ^  said  Frank. 

°  said  Bob. 

selves."  '     ^''^®''^go*  to  preparour- 

.     "Wliat  shall  we  40?"  said  Frank.    „ 
^*^-  said  Bob.       /. 

,       °°-  saidClive.^        ' 

stances  ?    ^^^sX;  is  °^  '"  "°'"  *"«  «~ 

He  closed  it  again. 
Thenhawe^t«oeachoft,h.w.ndow„u. 


=^^88fon7 

He  looked  out  of  each. 
Then  he  resumed  his  seat. 


-»ttCi~ 


i"!2|Al'f|<-,^'rf','.    %,.  .  ,' 


'-V- 


i'jAi. 


250 


%* 


AMONG  THE  BRIGAND^. 


J^^fValr-  asked   tinoie  Moses,  in  an  i„,„i„.„g 
under  the  end  windlw"  '       "'"'''  ^'^'^P^^^.  just 

-  wk;ra:o„:trhef:-:r'  -^  *wan 

"It's  a  solemn  time  I      -        '^ ''''™<'^' ''''<=«s. 

*':e%*::Lr;ra;s:tTt^^  "^  '^--^ 

remark.  ^^^^"^  *o   ^ucle   Moses' 

^^At^  length,  after  a  sHence  of  some  time,  F.„; 

P«'   the  largest  tar^ie^'^'^''" 
opens  inside  :  if  th^  h.^  .     ^i^'n^t   the   door.    It 

be  opened."  '  ^'^^'^^^  ^^  ^^^^^^t  it,  it  can't 

;^' But  the  windows,"  said  Clive 

And  now  they  M  set  ZT,'  '=°f<'«P"y- 
"aking^repa™^;':  fo      ho  nij^t't  '"  ^"'"^ 
t'ons   consisted    in  making   It         ''  P'^P*™" 
ahouM  offer   resistance   to  ,h         ""'"'"   *'"■="• 
bloody-minded,  mn  de rous    h    H  T"""'  "^  '^'' 
■•ng,  and  diabo  ieal  br Ss  ^^f  "''T*"''  "">^'- 


^  the  bedstead;  Z  Z^       T"  '*"'•  .  «■« 
"  "*'  '»W.  ponderous,  olifash. 


iV. 


«iU 


'  an   inquiring 

I  Frank;  "but 
whispers,  just 

and  thej  all 
earnest  faces. 
Uncle  Moses, 

^ut  by  their 
^ucle  Moses' 

time,  Frank 

?/'  said  he, 
^  idea  is,  to 
e  door.  It 
'  it,  it  can't 


wi^dow8, 
sntly. 

ly  to  work 
h  prepara- 
de  which 
;8  of  the 
'd,  scowl- 
^nk's  sug. 


m 


rsi. 


One 
oldVash- 


BARRICADES. 


251 

loned,  and  seemed*  canahlA    ;^    i 

doorway,  of  withstaS  11^^?  '^T'  « 

cannon  ball     ThU  ,^  "s.^yning  less  than  a 

bodily  f J^hl*^  0  tT;  ;:r'r\''-'*'"« " 

fast  against  tlie  door     Th„      ^T'^  "  ''"'^  """l 
-the  highest  dtJCto'ailTrr^  ^'"'^^'■"^ 

seareronTInr:::;"!:-  '-P-t'the  roo»,  to 
invasion.  As  to  Ih!  S'  "*  ""  *"  ^"a'-d  against 
their  heigl^VoV  the^     "^'  *'"^  »'«'»e''rthat 

one  Who  might  be  ab ovl    F^TTT'  '"  "^^ 

an  too.  thi:rn  r  iS  :a'xfg&  "^^ 

opening  into  the  attic  Th^  <"|deme«th  the 
Porhaps,  a  trifle  more  e'cur?^^"^ .  ^«  ''''• 
to  close   up  the  daT  ^  ^ ''*'^ ''««'' able 

removal  of^the  stenll:""""*  "^^"^  '""  «>« 
j-^doingthe^aflTT'^  -?"-».  and 


=5f 


ay. 


TOr^acfi  fron,   an^  possible 


quarter. 
Frank  drew 


attnieana 
enemy  in  that 


a  long  breath  of  relief  a«  he  look^ 


.■\:MiM0i:fA: 


M- 


lih&a)4i-'iiJlf¥»^t* 


#^,: 


'^ 


252 


AMONG  THE  BBIGAND8. 


placency,  .and  to  the  annrl         '*''   "J"*'  <"""- 

.   deteons  «enae  of  seclitj    '  ""'  '"'="<'«'»«''  » 

-   •   ^«'^e«»featla«t,"sa,dCl*e 
_  ^°-  said  Bob. 

,       ;        :^^<>-  said  David.       . 

'  "Tfc.  k    °',.  said  Frank.  --  ' 

i"«  an»y  of  them  bldv-L,,,!'",     -"^^  "'"'  ''^'^  "^ 
/hem  oifall  right,  and  b^molnt th      mT'''  "«""   ' 
/  wagons  passin  by,  an  JZn     ,  .^  f  ™  "  ''*  '<^'«  °f 
^0  go,  let's  see  wh  "t  weepL^l  •"""•    ^'"  ''««>™ ' 
«a«e  o'  need.     It's    riluT  ^  ?  "*"  "kearupJn 
h^y.„  alius   best   to  have  things 

"  Well,"  said  Prank   "I'm 
"othing  but  a  knife  ■ "  Ld  "  """Z  ^  '"^  I'^«  got 

«  ordinary  jaokknk,„l7a;"r.'''^.''''^'''''^«<> 
not  particularly  sharp.'  "  u  ^"'"'"'f  'a-'go,  aud 

io  opened  it,  and  flourished  7-  T.""*"'   ""'''  ''«'a» 
something."  """shed  it  ,n  the  air,  «  but  it's 

"  Well,"  said  Clive  «  T  i.        , 

""'.I've  heard  tL\herernor  *^*'''''^''''^<'-- 
ohair,  if  you  ^„t  .     ..  "^  »  nothing  equal  to  a 

M  take  this,7nd  knorr'"'' \'""-^'''' '"  """I  «o   ^ 
ttat  shows  hi;  noseS  JT  '"^t  '""'  '•"gand 
«*  ohair  from  the  flooV  f  "j  !1_''°  ■"■'^.  «■.».  he  lifted 


"^^^^^^^^^'SSr'iand 


Sil/'^f  ^  \».i  .  ^ 


■t^j-n 


3ouId  be  done. 
^  equal^  com- 
»  which  they 
succeeded  a 


^©'re  jest,  as 
>  can  defy  a 
reants,  fight 
•i  be  lots  of 
But  before  < 
*kear  up  in 
ive  things 

^y  I've  got 

displayed 

Jarge,  and 

3aid  he,  as 

"  but  it's 

to 

I  a  knife; 
ual  to  a 
;  and  so 
brigand 
he  lifted 
airi  ~" 

J,  "and 


WEAPONS  OP  THE  GARBISON.  ■.  ,    353 

>    don't  see  the  necfiasif tr  «<• 

-  how  we.e  ;^r.^b"/ir 'if  ^  ''"''i 

.      "  Well,"> said  Bob   «rv'         *^'^°''" 

"Wal,"  said  Uncle  Mo8ea'«T'„.      i 
.t's  pooty  i,g,y  weepin   r  he  handf  /  "^"'  "" 
".an -a  desprit  ngfy^^^X"  "  """«' 

And  now  let's  go  to  bed,"  said  David 
^°-  .   said  Bob. 

■    ^°'  eaidCIive. 

^  "Yes,  boys,  that's  , bout  thetifr*- 

do,"  said  Uncle  Moses,  decisivd^;''  """«  """^ 


f'i  •"", 


>i§i. 


4^ 


II&S. 


^jihAJi>a>^,,   .1.-,.  .  Zi,^....;^    ■  '■^JtA-'^    »■« 


.'^^=«K«>-'.--     .«*». 


\    ' 


€ 


f 


I^^APTER  XXIII. 


^.-^^^l-^s^L 


7%tf  /(jjp 
£c^rs.-  Omet  of, he  Brigands!       "~  l      ^'"""S 


eSK^  ^oy  a"  went  to  bed. '■  .      i        . 

'      alltif  i:\r  ""  "-fi''™-  -liich  they 

danger  remaih^d  t  It  " ^^'f'^^' '  "•«"»^**  "f 
to  create  alarm  with  th.  «      <        *"^  ""^  ''^  t'""" 

W^  at  this  «metha„  to^'etrr'T'" 
been  that  this  was  his  nat„r»  I  -f  "''^  ''*^« 
that  his  nerves  wer«  '  '  "  "^^  '^^  ^'^^^ 
tremendous  adten  Itl!  JTJ!.  ^.f^''!-   --e  his 


n« 


*«^         ,        —        ^*"  "wre   sene 
tremendous  adventures  during  the 

naar  P^stum ;  but  whatever  was 

awake  ^jncapable  of  sleep-,  i 
^,'^««a|""g  the  sleep  ofthi 
,*le  afflTFrank/^ad  the  same  b« 

tad  been  placed  in  such  a  wfv  th 


%  '- 


of  horror 
se,  cer-' 

led  wide 
the  othert 
ht. 

was  the 


oor.     It 
lead  of 


•  '>. 


'JiJBi*«'  *^^^^-s.    t'  H\^     ^^*'  -V*,t  '   -'14*» 


W::m 


% 


M-  f-  The  low 
Tk^  Garrison 
^e  feleaguered 
—  The  Scaling 


which  they 
)r^caution8, 
thought  of 
ne  of  them 
>n  of  Bob. 
ore  excita- 
may  Iiave 
have  been 
since   his 
of  horror  • 
puse,  cer-' 
ped  wide 
;he  otherii 
,t.        . 
t  wad  the 


foor.     It 
f^ead  of 


V,,. 


.  ■   SLEEPLESS  WATCH.      ^  £55 

occupied'by  David  and  CHv«      I     t     '""''  ""^ 
^d  disposed  of  tberete^;''"      ",  ^''^  ""^  "^^^  ' 

soon  fei,  ::[:«;'■  tbTs:"-  't°""°^'  '"^^ 

He  fnpri  oii  k  f'oiie»i^maiijed  awake. 

•ooL J^;^;rtd^"rt„-^   :;;^-ands.    He 

He  L^C  W^^^"^  '^''^^  *■"  »'-P    • 
rollinffl,^     Th^,  '&*? "g'""'  ^""^''''«  ''"''»  of 

mif  >   .    ^-     ^'"**'90w^aau8eles8. 

«ien    he    tripd    another     Be   «„;i«.        j   a    • 


^/v 


methodflL 


Wavi 


/ 


gram, 
idiers. 


^..;fe)'...„.^!<^,, 


,X-  -■ 


«:  » 


■*■*■ 


■■"".'■'"'"'^ws-.  ^'■^.■■■;: 


/ 


256 


AMONG  THE  PBIGANDS. 


J 


Funerals. 

'       A  shore  covered  with  sea-weed. 
An  illimitable  ibrest. 
A        ditto      prairie. 
The  vault  of  heaven. 

The  ^ wide,  shoreless  ocean: 
A  cataract.  . 

Fireworks. 
The  stars.     '^■ 
A  burning  forest. 
Looking  at  his  nose. 
Wishing  himself  asleep. 
Rubbing  his  forehead. 
Lying  on  his  back.  .. 
^0:       do.    right  side, 
do.        do.    leftside. 
'.     ^o.        (Jo,    face. 

they  were  all  equally  u^f     ^"  '*"'""  *''** 

«af onM'''r*",  ?  '■"  ''^^P"^^'  •""!  """6  "P  he 
sat  on  the  srde  of  the  hfirl  wrifk  u*    /•    ,    ©  "P  "" 

d.wn,  and  looted  around    '  ^^t  d^glmg 

The  moon  had  risen,  and  was  sUninir' into  thi. 

^-^cotstrr-X^ef::^^^^ 


'4^ 


fe^ie^PThye^sepuIchrai  dron.  fS^ef 
In  sp.ta  of  h«  vexation-  abou^  hi.  wakel^e.Va 


.    * 


v5it''-Wi<N         ?-'     ■'      1 


/  '• 


,  * 


*^ 


ods,  which  * 
reason  that 

sing  up  he 
t  dangling 


MTSTERIOUS  STEPS. 


257 
smile  passed  oyer  Rni  <   'i 

those  astomshi«g  voices  of  7'  ^}^  ''''tenodto 

Suddenly  a  sound  caul,  h     '"^'^• 
"'■•acted  Lis  Wtenln  and  ,   '  T'  '^'"■'"'  ''*  »°«e. 
'n^anotl,er  direction^  '         '""'<' ''"  •"■«  th<«.ghts 

front  :;ut:::if/-''"'pi™".ediatei,  in  • 

Ho- much  ti^o  haC  Tr"^/'  ""  "--^y 
i!-^  felt  Bure  that  it  S^  'T,  "^'^  ""'  "^"o-  J  b»t 

noj  perceived  that  there  we™       '"*"'^''*-    ^e 
"'ho,  had  not  gone  to  I  ^"""^  '»  the  house 

«h"ffl.-ng  and   irregn,!?!'- ..^'"/-tsteps  Vere 

r-^  trying  to  wtik  ;,tl  .ff .-'""'^  "^"P'^ 

The   sound  attracted   Bob  T  .       *""«   '^  ""'^e- 
-him.  ^»b,   and  greatly  excited 

Jn  addition   to  ihr.  r    . 
,       -"nds.     There  we  :  [r,''"^  "">"  ^^^  »ther 
..  .n  a  subdued  tone,  anVhe    ^J  "."7""  "^  ^-"«« 
!;«  "t  least  a  haJf  a  dLen  wh  ^      ""'  "'«'^  "">«' 
■'      To  this  noise  Bob  sat  list ",''"'/''"'  """^  '^"^'"g- 

'«™a.-«^  in  the  same  Ze±f  '"""^  '™«-    "         ^'^ 
""I'ke  nothing  out  of  it    b ';  >         "°"™<'  '"<' «<>»><» 
£l  the  fears  of  briwl     .  l'"'"'''^'' '"  '«»-akon 

■  w       The  ^^ent  w  ""  T'^'"^""*  ^''^"^  ^elow 


^'s  excit^ent 


Witlking  with  tfi^ 


/ 


17. 


increa^d. 


\  i  •* 


/     • 


''^■. 


'M 


^MONG  THE  BRjCGANDS. 


54fe.. 


.       At  last  he  heird  tTie  BountJs  more'plainly    ■ 
They  were  evidently  at  the  foot  of  .he  stairvvay. 
Bob  hs  ened  m  increasing  excitement:       H» 
Then,  there  came  a  creaking  sound.    It  was 
from  tl,e  stairway.    They  were  ascending,  it, 

I,  waft.'      ^"^      01- waking  Frank,  but  decided   to 

m  The  sounds  draw  nearer.     There  must  have 
jbeen  e.x  or  seve*  men  upon  the  staifcay,  and 
they  were  walking  up.  ^^ 

,.    What  for?  41 

V  HeMd  no  doubt  what  it  was  for,  ^nd'^  he  waited 
know,ng  that  they  were  coming  to  this  room  in' 
which  he  was,,^  -'-^j, 

_They   triefl.  t*  walk   softly.     ThJre   wew  low 
I^'wCary  "'  *"''"^'  "^^^  ceased,  as  tteT 
Neafer  and  nearer  1  .    -  .       t         / 

Ai1^bknew|totthey%re  outside  of/the    "' 
door,  an*as  he  8at^)rt  llje  Ud,  l,o  kn«*  thSt  &re  * 

could^ot  be  .mor,  thjglfc^d  o'f  distanorUtween 
r  rJ  "^  "|4woody.,pinded,  beetle-browed^ 
ru^less^  ,demo.a|  agd  fiendish  a,rig.„ds. 

J,s^tldod  r.f oolTinW veins  at  the. ver, 
,  He  did  not  dare  to  move.     He  sat  riVid,  with 

rf,irr„;"  «■"""-■  "'-^-^^^o"  the 


Then  -came  sTslight  creaking  sound -the  sound 
of  a  preaSBre  agjinst  the  door,  which  yielded 


*  '-teijilai,,.. 


THE  LOW  WSrsPEBa. 


25d 


?"^Zr'^:'  'y  ">«  w,  Hed  fro, 

They  were  trvin  '  J'j*^''"  """'■•-takabje  soipd 

•«'««?,  and-  they  wisld  7„        '""  ''"'"">»  were  all 
-;o  acco,„p„.,^,,::X^-e    n  „o,-,„,e.i,,  .„ 
JPora  mompnf  ;♦  ^  errand.  „ 

-m  anguish  ine^press/ble  tt  1^       "'°"^'>*  e"*-'  ' 
'   was  not  80.    Then  he  ;!n    ,  1°°"  '^^'^  'hat 
f  t''«  door  from  the  baffled  l,H    1-"  '"'"««  P"'''' 
f '^ey  would  drop  aTatteT,"'''-    ^'  "'""Sht- 
•'"^nopen  attack         """''  "'  ^«'="<=y,  and 
•But  they  did  not  do  80. 

">S,  88  yet,  to  resort   tl    ^'-       '^^  "'«'"«  "» 
Wished  to  «ffe„t  ;^^  '   '°  ""'V   violence.     |_ 

]"  -  ence.  Such  weVe  Brb'''T  '"  '''"'^^ 
tho,iht8  were  8treng,henfd  1''°"^'"''  >^'"<'t 
slowlyaove  away  and  H  /'  '"'   ^^""^    'hem 

W'th^ whioh^  they'  J^^1^''^LJ.J?A 
^Ji^e.  are  going  to  try  the  Windows,/ thought 


«^««P.     He  determined  fn  "^^^   "°   ^''"^   ^r 

«« iaid  his  hand  rF^^n:^ff - 

cranks  forehead,  ind  shook 


'«* 


260 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


,    his  head.     Then,  bending  down  close  to  him,  ho 
hissed  in  his  ear,  -^  "  '  \ 

"  Wake  1  wake  I   Brigands  1    Don't  speak  I  don't 
speak!  silence  I"  .  \ 

Frank  was  a  light  sleeper,  and  a  quick-witted  ^ 
lad,  who   always  •retained   his  presence  of  mind. 
At  Bob's  cry  he  became  wide  awake,  and  without 
a  singjie  word  sat  up  in  bed  and  listened. 
AH  was  still. 

"  What's  the  matter  ?  "he  asked. 
Bob  told  him  all  in  a  few  words. 
Upon  this  Frank  got  up,  stole  noiselessly  to  the 
/  Window  on  tiptoe,   and   listened.      Bob   followed. 
As  they  stood  close  to  the  window,  they  heard  the 
sound  of  murmuring  voices  immediately  beneath. 
Several  of  the   panes   of  glass   were  out  of  tlii^ 
window,  so  that  the  voices  were  perfoctlyaudiWp  '' 
though  of  course  their  ignorance  of  the  langu^e 
prevented  them  from  understanding  what  was  saii 
As  they  listened,  there  arose  a  movement  among 
them.     The  voices  grew  louder.     The  men  were 
evidently  walking  out  of  the  house.     The  listeners 
heard  the  sound  of  their  footsteps  on  the  ground 
as  thoy  walked  away,  and  at  a  little  ^distance  off 
they  noticed  that  the  voices  babame  more  free  and 
unrestrained. 
"They'll  be  back  again,"  said  Frank.       "    \ 
"  Lfil'a  wako  tho  othoro,"  suitl  Bob. 


Upon   this  suggestion  they  both  proceeded  at 
once  to  act,  waking  them  carefuUj^,  and  cautioning 


/■ 


^'/<y/^*?»V"'" 


I 


\ 


TO  ARMS  I  TO   AHM8  I' 


.■^' 


2<n 


agamst  noise  were  so  earnest,  that  nota  word  was 
spoken  above  a  whisper;  but  Clive  and  David,  and 
finally  Uncle  Moses,  stepped  out  upon  the  floor  and 
th^^whole  |,art|  proceeded;  to   put  theirhU 

"  I've  got  a  chair,"  said  Ch've. 

"  I've  got  a  knife,"  gaid  Frank. 

"I've  got  a  chair,"  said  Bob.    ■ 

M've  got  a  knife,"  said  David. 

"An  I've  got  my  razor,  which  I  shoved  under 
my  pdlow,"  s.d  Uncle  Moses;  "an  «o  let  em  come 
on.    But  where  are  they  now?"       • 

Frln^"'*'*'*'*'"'''*'''*'"'"'*'-^^'-^'' ' "  ^^ 

from  Without  the  sound  of  footstep,  approaching 
the  house,  and  of  low  voices.  ^ 

"They're  coming  back  again,"  said  Bob.      •       ' 
,   Ihe  rest  listened. 
^  Jrank  stole  to  the  window  and  looked  cautiously 

fnn^J*"  "r'^e'^^^'V  plainly  the  figures  of 
Wse  .  i'^  -^«W4.'ug  from  the  «»d  to  the 
house,  and  the«r  were  carrying  a  ladder.  The 
Mder  was  ver/lohg,    The  sight  sent  a  shudder     ■ 


,V- 


%B.: 


^.^^the-mc.rori.ngerytheiSr^': 
ladder  had  never  entered  his  head  at  aU.  Yet  he 
now  stw  tl^t  this  WS3  one  of  the  mofl>»mj5e 


-ij.'i-i 


7 


262. 


K 


AMONG   THE  BRIGANDS. 


e 


•  ri:„t"'  ""^  """■*  "°""^ '"'  *^°p'o*by 

He  came  back  and  told  the  others.  All  felt  thi, 
same  d>smay  which  Frank  had  felt.  Non"  of  hit 
:Mui_a  word,„but  they  all  stole  „p  /t"  wtS 
and  oobng  out  they  saw  for  thebselves  ^' 

i  he   brigands  approached  the  house/ carrvm^ 

ge«d  «,""  ""  '^'•'■^^■"'-eathen-nff  -lo«e  to- 

dri:d:::peVfiv'^„:f'-;'''^'r^'"^^'-'' 

.    whisper.  *'  sa,d,  word,  not  even  a 

■  Wed'bTaT"'™  ?*""'^  th"^  brigands  was  fol- 
S  „'•":?!,?!  °"  "'±  P-' .-"-»  brought 


.*ings  nearer  to  a  climax      Th  '^  .    ,  ""'''"S'" 

once  more   »„.  1!  ."'„'•_..  ^bey  raised  Ae  ladder 

■tBe: 


Clive  hiacthair. 


■*< 


■    ■*>.- 


once  more,  and  moving  it  I  1,  t  e  f    ,C  aTJ  . 
,     they  proceeded   to   n,.t   ;t'  ■         '""^  aw^, . 

i    TP,„  1  jj  P  '   "  'JP  agairtst  the  housS     . 

'.    The  ladder  w,s  put  up  at  the  fquth  «nd  of  tht  ■ 

house,  and  as  it  was  being  carried  there  fSAh 

Of  defence.  ^  grasped  .fey, weapon 


4 

* 

- 

# 

63 

t 

*  « 

m 

.,.^)..- 


c 


'"^L 


-  « 


«-i 


pte*  t)y  tile 

A.1I  felt  tU 
»ne  ofthejal 
^le  windov^,!     t" 

,    carrying 

tlieirjoad 

time.     As 

a^  looked 

•  jclose  to- 
tion  cairie 

stood  in 
►t  even  a 

was  fol- 
^  brought 
•le  ladder 

e  housB.    -'* 
d  of  thfe  .'  ' 

fo^'tjhe 
(foses  |all 
irrding-  a 
rvation, 
weapon 


X 


^'^^  |ELEAGUERED  PABTY.  26J 

s 

Frank  his  knife.  ^ 

Bob  his'  chair.  "         '  ^ 

David  his  knife. 

Uncle  Moses  his  razoir.  -  i 

"  Be  ready;  boys,"  said  Uncle  Moses,  in  a  firm' 
voice,  as  l,e  grasped  his  razor.     "The  honr  S^ 
.  come,  and  the  decisive  moment  air  at  hand  I" 

.rept  It tevlr"  "  '''"'''''  ^"'^  *"'=  "^"^^  ^"^  - 
■»  «nf  It  ""^'*'""'*''  "neamvhile  elevated  the   ladder 

^^^    .  thri!.  ^,  •"''"  '"'"  "  "'«"  '»  the  hearts  of 

■'     •  the  br^     r'  '•"  '"'^  ™'""-     ^^  "-y  --  on«  of 
.the  brgands  seize  the  ladder  in  order  to  monnt 

l^they  all  involuntarily  shrank  back  oneTtep         "'' 

■in a wh'S.:'  ^'"'""": "' -"^^ ''^■'^' ^-pfe. 

.:        This  remark  encourkged-  the#  for  a  moment    ' 

•  ■    tt^m'S!"!^  *5  '•T'^  '""^  ^™'"'  that  announced 

_»,«.em»sjfcey  stepped  in  through  the  window.-        * 
.^,        V°^  brigand! 

I       .•''Vo  brigands! I  ■  '    '.     ,'^,,      J  '  '" 

.V    '   Thpe6bd|and8l'n      '  '%-:'i-' 

i   ■      Foni-brigantls!!]!  :         ^     '  '' ?  j.    ,  "'' 


:i\ 


^ 


,4 


experienced  at  seeing  that"  the  attack  waf'  n^    '     , 
m«e  upon  tbefr  window  i^aa  suVeeded  4Z     "«. 


■'fi-'  ^-       '"^    -  1 


•^^** 


^.#.*, 


■w^ 


■iVIIHHWII 


^>rK. 


264 


AMONG   THE  BRIGANDS. 


l4:;'i^ 


v.  "V,- 


hare  overhead.  1^1  h^jehwly  wL  open   tL"*'! 
that  .^nmg  t„ey  conld  drop'do^Trb/ot"^" 
The  same  thought  came  to  all  nf  ih  T  * 

4  one  common  i„,^,3e  ZXlf'^Z"^'' :'''' 
:  the  step-ladder  lay  on  the^o^^ffi^^ 
|4.^^*«»'  first ,  the  other,  Mo^eP        ^'  '^'^ 

rmt,     frank,  with  his  fcnifei 

Second,  Bob,  with  his  chair.  '    : 

^        Third     Clive,  with  his  chair..  .      1 

K^th,  David  with  his  knife.  ....    ,. 

'  «e  excitement  of  tt  Ir t  "^d^  rd7red"l' 

OvrrhertheXS'^^^S;^  ^/^^e  ^oO^' 
ment  whatever.  i^^^^g;  wit  nd  move- 

whiS^^Id^^^hSwi"'''''"^-^:-^™''' 

Bo'^  f ""/T*,!^"-  watchingt^etew-^ 


&* 


'j-v 


.  .  '^ere  abotit  to  come. 


^Pouiiig  through  whic^  their 


epemies 


h 


'!''■ 


I  )  :    • 


f^^Sg^jfeai 


%^„^^ 


M 


W^..^ 


f 


n 


J^-r.-.,-^r,=? 


•i      « 


'W 


'_jw^cyk#f^i^«ifvi;»'  '  .1  %!f 


,^ 


„^, 


;       i 


-■I 


:\ 


\     - 


«^ 


£ 


"8 

a 


,>\'i.. 


}:*r 


J 


\    ./f 


--tii\^Kp—  ,  H^"fff'!if 


I?«C»EASiNO  ALiBlr. 


265 


The  brigands  bad  lighted  a  lamp  I  ' 

The  excitement  grew  stronger.  ,, 

The  suspense  was  terrible  i 

that  surrender  wonld  W  \ ,  ^  ^"^  "?'  '•''"t 

,      minded- AiscrearwouIdTh  "^^-yoody- 

ths. besieged- pal   ,"L   ,f°T  ?°  '""""*>'''  "■«> 

them_of  sdlinr-t^L  if  *?'''  ^Posed  upon 

An<f-so1t  waS*as  thrbriI';"'lS  P°^^'"- 
the  opening,  L  ''"^anda  can*  nearer  to , 

•  "^nlt  grasped  hia  knife  „orefi4dy:.;,       -,' 
^         <^o-      "   chiir        d„         ■  -^' 

David   ^.  •'\^t.     -'    :- 

While  trace  Mftqpo  i,„ij     1  . .  '  - 

-way,  that  the  fiSn-«^nd  l*"  r  "'"il  ^"°^'»-^^ 
^  an  full  u,^pn  its  k3;e  "^''■^*"^"''*^  «'•»>)•<• 

.were  immediately  aboL  .1,  m.-     ^  bnggnds  ,,• 

down  into  the  room       '     """■    ^''^'''«''t  ^^one    : 

;  "  "^'^'^^^  crMn.  a  M  strong,  stern,  '' 


••*! 


,J 


%« 


^  V 


^ 


2K 

AMONO  THE  BRIGANDS.  -    ' 

::"::™r '"''"*= v'T"  "''''■'' ^"^f''- 

"Who's  rHEEE?"pri.,i p     i  *' 

loader,  sti-onger  L/Z  ^T    •"''^"^^  *i»e,  in  a 
No  answer  '  ^"^  ?*"«  "^^'^g  voio^ 

-A.1I  was  still.  «» 
Wliat  did  it  mean  ? 
"  WHO'S  THERr?  n      •  ^  T, 
^    in  the  loudest,  sttnLr:!     ^-"^  a  third  tiu^o, 
«oi„g  tone  tha    hTeS        "'''''"^"^^«*«^-n- 
TLL  FIRE !  f  f  j  j  ,  ,  j '"n  '""^P"^^'  "  ^PEAK,  QR 

This   tremendous   thrpaf  ^^  li        ^  '■ 

carried  out,  of  course  „U,^  t  ,e  In"'  'T  •'^^"    ' 
ja^or  of  thi   part^    below      h,,^  ?''  "'""'•''  ""^ 
brought  a  reply.  '    ■""  *'  ""^   mte  it 

"  Alia  raight !  "  crip,!  „       • 

.  onalee  me.    Alia  safe     r"'™-."^'^'"'''-    I''« 
.'traps  for  de  vettum      I^r  "","'""' ^et  some      ' 

instantaneous  and  iLli  ?.  ""™  '^^^  «° 
The  dark  terror  of  T^Cnt  bef'""  "'  ^"'"'"e- 
fransformod  to  an  absrat^'  TwZ'r"''^"'' 


•     -        «  *^'*''  HUietiy  upon  the  floor : 


'*» 


,  ^ND   OF  TROUBLES.  .  287 

O  I  "said  Frank,  trying  to  Rn»»t   • '  • ' 
careless    4;terK>t:,act  Ll  "-Te  'l.rV"^' 
Shall  we  I^ave  in  ihe  morning  »"  ^"  '  '''"'«'• 

.      "  O,  yais     Alia  r-r-raieht  "  saM  .1     j  • 

.  remark  whatever     Thev  "  n  "'  "■*"*«  "»  ^ 

rather  sheepishly  back T. ,.    ■  T^'   "'''"'">''  »"<!  ''^ 
-.«oh  asham'ed  o^'themseVver"  "''''  '""''"^  ^^^ 

,  ^p^;:  zz  rT :ni-r.^'  ^- '» 
jTo^t  '™;:tri;th'at^''^.  r  ^  °» ">«  -«'• 

found  a-»ood  Zlu    ,^  "''"''^'^  refreshed,  and 
fc^n^'i:-    ■     "reakfaat  waiting  foF*h.™     ^1 
ftrand  ahtonother  carriage  in  ti!-^  ^^^^ 

"d  resu&d  their  journey.'  "'2*^«'«y  «»tered 


./' 


r^i' 


"*• 


C^', 

'CL'  ' 

* 

1° 

1 

r               t' 

I|i^^ 

lite 

Jlnpji 

268 


AMONG  THE  BRIgInDS. 


Y 


CHAPTER  XXI7. 


olog)  versus  Appe^^^Tln^^  f  '''  ^'^^  -  ^rchl 
ranean  Channel.  '^'^  ^^^^i^nt  subter- 

onn  shone  ^ri,Ulyfror,TLliTZ'V  ^'s 
was  pure,  and   brilliant,  and   ZZ    aM   -r  f '^A 
had  such  a  wonderful   t,n„      «*""*''  "nd   'I  also  \ 

objects  seemed -t  t^L  rer  err/'  T-  ***"' 
with  which   their  o,„  "'®  distinctness 

/road  was  amj  ifi^    ":i  ""^  'r"*"'    "^"^ 
^well  g«ded,^tnrtho„7f~   rf'  "?"  ^''■ 
steadily  ascending   vet  fhl  »    T    "''^'  "  '™» ' 
swh  an  ^asy  slope'    hat  it     '^°""*,'^''^  """I*  hy 
b.e ;   and^  CCwlTd'  1'^  r  ITa^ '" 
"■emiy  as  If  on   level   ground     C  ^      ^  ,*" 
scenery  around  «»s  of  thf  ^  ,     *'"'«<"'«'•.  "» 
agter.     Thev   ^.^  f  ""  T^^  "tractive  char- 


Jgere^  .amaBg^  4^ 


^H^^  tWweTeTnTT^^^^Z^SSf 


"  \ 


.;.• 


i 


7'  —  The  Ap. 
VS.  —  Archce- 
/■  the  Boys.  — 
tkient  subter- 

f 

(1 

3n  this  Jast 
',  they  were 
ti  ta  Rome ! 
8  day;  the 
:y;  the/ftfiN 
ind  it  also  \ 
iat  cjist^nt 
istinctness 
lied.     The 
eil  paved, 
les  it  was " 
made  by 
Qpercepti- 
r  and  as- 
aver,   tbe 
ive  char-. 
Fos*;,  arrd* 
*,  afld  no, 


ON  TO   ROME. 


269 


lofty  peaks  lost  amid  the  clouds,  still  the  lowering 
"  forms  tjiat  appeared  on  every  side  were  full  of 
grandeur  and  sublimity.  Amid  these  the  road 
wound,  and  at  every  new  turn  some  fresh  scene 
^f  beauty  or  of  magnificence  was  disclosed  to  their 
Admiring  eyes,  Novv  it  was  a  sequestered  valley, 
with  a  streamlet  running  through  it,  and  the  green 
of  its  surface  divocsified  by  orle  or  "two  white  cot- 
tages, or  the  darker  hue  of  olive  groves  and  vine- 
yards ;  ag^in  it  Was  some  little  hamlet  far  up  the 
sloping  mountain-side  ;  Again  some  mouldering- 
tower  would  appear,  perched  upon  some  command- 
ing and  almost  inaccessible  emintfttye  —  the  re- 
mains of  a  feudal  castle,  the  monurn^^of  lawless 
power  overthrown  forever,  Sometimes  they  would 
pass  through  4he  Itreet'of  a  town,  ahd  have  a 
fresh  opportunity  of  contrasting  |;he  Ij^zy  and,  easy- 
going life  of  Italy  with  the  busy,  energetic,  >rest- 
iess,  and  stirring  life  of  the'r  own  far-distant 
America.  ^  *  i  , 

Oij  to  Rome! 

Tffls  day  was  to>nd  tfiem  in  the  "  ^rlial  City ;" 


>and  though  thejr  enjoyed  the  drive,  still  they  were, 
eager  to  have  jt  oter,  and  to  find  themselves  in 
that  place  which  Was  once  the  centre  of  tlie  World's ;: 
rule,  and  continued  to  be  so  fjMLjQ  ma#  ages.^ 
Their  impatience  to*  reach  tlJiMfestination  waa 


not,  however,  excessive,  and  diME^l  all  |)revent 
then!  from  enjoying  to  the  utm3|^  ^  journey  sa 
loag  as  it  lasted.     Uncle  Moses  ^aS*li&.qnly  ex- 


\4.A*\}.^ 


>#^ 


270 


',«-- 


V 


t; 


^»fOKO  THE  BBIOASM, 


/ 


coption      He  wo  /  ' 

--l.  so^e  p,:::  7:^ -«-  '»  <.»<«  .-t  „ve,  a»d 

happened^  but  he  had  /nn„  h'""'  ""  """"''^"t  'wd 
'»'»».  both  in  bo^TSV  °T''""''Shlnbn. 
-"king  „,ater,al  for  tf  do."""' '  ""■"»'-'''  ".« 
•"d-^nts  indeed;  and  the '^r" /""^  "'"'"''  ««■ 
«Pon  hin,  waa  ^recisej  Xt": i  .m'"'  P'"""-'' 
frorn^  really  Perilous  jCn^  '"'^'"  ''"^^  ^-^^-Ited 

■i*  length  they  arrived  rff  i^ 

H  they  .-..tended  to  Ivwl'"    """P  "^  ^'b-o, 

"^-ds  re.un,e  their  „,ne?   tT  f°""'  """^ 
'  "deof  3  hill  and  trY'.  .    ^i'"'""  «tood 

-,         "P  -as  so  situated  tl,  ^*!'  ^'  rhieh  they 
boundless  view  *''*'  "  eo^imanded  a 

^'^I^'S^lir^:;:;-- 'oca,  iide  than 
'«»«  "  place,  than  Alba  L^f;  ""I  *°'^»  -'"'  "o 
Ko^an  legends;  for  thorn!  t  '°  'T"'  ?°  "^arly 
aooount    Tullus  Hosti,  u  fc:' 5  '°^  "^ 


aocounts,  Tullus  Host  it  !,X''"°'''''"e  *»  I'he  old 

«^  of  Alba^onga;  3^  "  ftl?    T''  *''«  "*^  P^oP" 
e'f^  on. its   ,if,;  ,^,,    ^"^'•"'ards   anothe,J,  Ln 

,       !P^"d'd  villas  of  ihXit?"^  "'^   "P  «■» 
/    '^'''«"«  and  Domitian  Tad    "°''''''^-    ^«4  .o«, 


THE  MEDITERBA'NEAN.^fc  271 

«op  of  the' hill.  He  informed  them  Cit  stood  en 
the  site  of  n  famous  temple,  and  thA  it  was  visited 
eve,y  day  by  large  numbers  of  travellers.  On 
;f;"''g   *<>   th^ir  guide-book,  the  boys  learned 

As  they  had  nkhing  else  to  do,  they  set  out  for 
the  convent,  and  soon  reached  it.     Arriving  there  ' 
they  found  spread  out  befor^  them  a  view  which 
Burpassed   anything  that  they  had  ever  seen  in 
their  lives.     Par  down  beneath  them  descended 
■    u2v     ""'o  "'  *f"»»'*"  hill,  till  it  ..rminaLd  t 
the  Roman>mpagna.    Then,  far  away  before  their   ■ 
eyes^it  spread  for  many  a  mile,  till  it  was  termi-    ^ 
mted  by  along  blue  line,  which  it  needed  not  thl 
explanation  of  the  monk  at  their  elbow  toTec  g! 
nize  as  the  Mediterranean;  ^  this  blue  li'ne  S 
d  Stan    sea  spread  far  away,  till  it  terminated  in  a 

was  the,  Cape  of.Terracina.     But  their  attention     ' 

z:^'V'  "v'r'  ^"■•''"  -^  --"  -" 

gray  hue    the   resultTof  waste   and    barrenness 
seemed  also  to  mark  its  hoary  age,  -  through  tiS  ' 
there  ran  a  silver  thread,  with  many  a  winding  to 
»d    ,0,  now  coming  full  into  view,  and   deam- 

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AMONG 'THE  BRIGANDS. 


-S"'- mass  if\r  JCr  Thlr  '"  ■r-'^' '■•■ 

now  had  grown  slightlXv  k  «      7^""  •""*' 

ha<,  they^conld  not  make  puTwhatH  •'^'"""'"''.^ 

'r;  whether  a  hill  or  a  /r  '  r^,  exact- 

looked  most  l*e  a  to^n  a,,d  the"  "  *T" '  ''"'  ''' 
projections  seled  like Iwer  a„d  2        "^^  *"'' 

wJi:r::in::p::X"riT''^*«"^ 

feel  at  all  s„re  about  it  "    ' ''"'  ''"«'' »"' 

"  Dat,"  said  the  guide  « <1n>  ;»  d 
Wack    mass    dat  you    «;«  t  d    ^""^'  "'«'  <<«' 
P"te.-s.    It's   not 'clear  t  J /I  rr-  "'  '"• 
can  see  it  aJI  plain  "  *'°^®   ^'® 

«n-e!t;^g  :;^rscer":r  "''*-'•■•'' 

might  have  .tirred  the  sou  s  of  even  TT  "'"''"' 


4{te  ijtdried.  Past     Th^o^       -"'"^«>imacted  with 

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listoric  name, 

1  them.     The' 

around  that 

in  a  dark,  ir- 
osphere  jiwt 
direction,^  80 
8  was,  exact- 
own ;  but  it 
ilarities  and 
es-    Promi- 
arger  mass, 
formed  the 

t  hesitating 
It  does  not 

S'  and  dat 

ch   of  St. 

time   we 

stood  ip 
>ne  which 
east  emo- 
ere  were 
to  enthu- 

'd  Clive, 
now  felt 


EITHC8IAS1.  OP  THE  Bom       ~      278 
himself  profoundly   moved    bv   *l,;.  .    . 

David's  enthusiasm  was  Ihat  „r.  ^  ■  "P^"**"'*- 
was  that  of  a  poet-  v^-„tl       *'<='«''»'• !  CJive'g 

ceptibility,  and  ;,oqfientt^'  '''"">''''  »"»• 
feelings.  *'0"l»eM  m  the  expression  of  his 

asm  of  'thi  own  tt  ft^ ':'  ^'''"'r^  ""'«'»- 
very  violently  by  dfher  le^^  f"".*  "'*"'  ''"'''^ 
reminiscences  Th!  '"""'''/^^•"'g  or  classical 
mov^d  theTrfeeCX;-  J«f-  '"em  certainly 

"How  magnificent  I"  r^li   m* 
i^es.'   eaid  David,  chiming  in   «  o„oi,  ,     . 

trc-r^.ShXjr^^"^''"' -^^^     • 

»  whore  the  StvXi        ""  .°'''''"'*'°"-  Hire 

dowi  there  ;.  ,1,  SS  and  The  consul.;  „d 

that  lonXu"  ^t"""'  '^I'T  **"'  '■o-K'''  "« 
ages.'.!*        !  ?"  """god  the  conrs.  of  fotar. 


*   IN 


274 


-  J  ■ 

AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


-rtel  legend,  that tof "::',' /"l;^  ''"  "•«  <- 
of  Borne.     What  a  niZ  «  •  ^"""'^  growth 

Maca„V.  wfo/A^'o-rnttjr-   ^^  '»  '^^ 

"  ^^'^  *o  the  great  asylum  I 
■     Hailtothehill-topseerenl 
Hail  to  the  fire  that  burns  for  aye  I 
And  the  shielda  that  fell  from  heaven  •  » 

some  silver  watpr   flock  ;3  i  *"®  '^^^en  of 

.00 j;;!':  ||:'' "» -^«^ »'  the"u  -it 

ytisdeAWLake." 

"The  Alban  Lake  I"  ori,>A   n     -j    . 

the  .l^ke  that  the  ^2n    ^     ^"  ^^^^ '    ^^^at, 
VeiiT"  ^°'  ^'^'^^^  ^t  the  siege  of 

rj*^'^'Tf«^id  the  guide. 

existence  V^''  '  "'  ''  „*^^  ^^^^  -  funnel  stiil  in 
"It  is."     ' 
"  Is  it  far  away  ?  " 
^' Not  ve^  far." 
"Boys,  we  must  so  therA     n  •    xi. 


But  ho.  ,ong  wiU  it  taJ^e  f: : !:iZ^:"''''''- 


SSflt.JivKii .»'.,.     .  »    ..i'"9  ■• 


THE  ALBAN  LAKE. 


275 


guide.  "■■"  ""  "">-  "»  o-   ^o„r,"  .aid  the 

th:tt:./dr^evr'';r^  ^^''"^-  "^»'- 

get  our  dinner.     ItV  r^„T„\    J°  ^''"''  "*  """^  *» 
we  must  leave  forij^^''  '^""^  ""^  ^"'^  '^en 

«.S^::d\riiK  :t^^^^^^     "^ 

to  see  that  wonderful  tunnel  "  °"'  ""^  "''""''. 

tu:nils:„"r;v:^^"':-"*-V-.otforanthe 
*     "Nor  should  I,"  said  Bob. 

wirredVrtt-f/Sd'cr '^^f.'"- 

•  And  „e„,  A„.„„.,  ,.^^_^^  _j.^ 

OfirirHUnn.  "'® ''*"«  where  yon  bar  ™ 

was  tilled,  the  weary  baM's  delight.'  '• 

for'K  fi:'?hr;:et"  •;*'  -^■'^^  p*'-% 

xo«»,^^„„^  ^^-eggtical^otatioB,-.  you'tt   - 
rSr^^    Come  where?" 
Wh;.,  I  .aut  to  visit  the  tunnel  of  th.  Albaa    ^ 


S: 


't^/Jitd'.'i>e'9r  .■,. 


^;/^ 

••C" 


»&>itt',w- '  ■  'f  ^  fc*?x » 1  '■ 


-w'«....A,rt»*P  *.«■ 


276 


AMONG   THE  BRIGAND8. 


^ake,  and  it'JI  take  an  hour  tn  rl.  v      t..- 
^ve'll  lose  our  dinner     What  dn        *     ^^  ^'  ^°' 
don't  think  a  dinner's  the  mf.       ^'"  '"^?    ^«" 
the  world  ?  "  ""^'^  important  thing  in 

"  Of  course  not," '  said  Cli ve     «  Bp«J^. 
P;ok  up  some   scraps  when  we   relurl   '  T '" 
them  in  the  carriage!''      '  '  ^"""^  ®^<^ 

-         "That's   right,"  said  David.     "Bovs"  h« 

t^nued  appeahng  to  Frank  and  Bob  "iju'd  h  T' 
come."  "'    you'd  better 

"What I   and  lose  our  dinnprs?"       •  j   t, 
'comfully.    .Catch  „s  at  ,"     nI    T'  '^""'^' 
more  substantial  fn^^  +1  ^^®   require 

I>on't  we.  Bob  ?  »  ^^'"  ^'^'^^  ^°^  ^^^  rnins. 

■       ';  Certainly,"  said  Bob.     "  For  mv  n.  . 

™.«      HoC and  V-      ,'    \""'  ^  <^™''  ''■'<"^.  I'™ 

awa,  in  sHeooe,  a„S  .poke  to  Z'^J^  '""«" 
^_^_^.o„^  not  co.i„g.bao.tfdi:err.  said 

-i|^)favM7«wBwroTOseelhat  tunnel." 
'  ^™  5  '»««  yo<"-  dinner ;  that's  all." 


't.  If  we  go, 
)u  say  ?  You 
rtant  thing  in 

sides,  we  can 
urn,  and  eat 

ys,"  he  con- 
you'd  better 

'ried  Frank, 
We  require 
^  old  rnins. 

part  poetry 

'e.     As   for 

farm,'  why, 

1  detested 

whole  lot 

urn  round 

know,  I'm 

»er  Horace 

and  ChVe 
^y  turned 

r  1 "  said 

i  tunnel." 


THE  ALBAN  LAKE? 


277 


"  ^f  course.     We  don't  care  "/ 

tban  we  can  hel"    '"'"'  ''Y'"-^  »'■"«  ^^ere 

Mo.s  wU,  fidget  and  lo:?aX;„r,""^""'« 

O,  no;  It's  all  ri^ht     T«iH  •     ^i    .  V 
i«  'vith  us;  you  know^'  t™  "'"^  T  ^^'de 

After  a  few  more  words,  Frink  ani  r1      v 

truth,  e,;l„;L'';^^  Teltirr"'  *°  '^"^*'>« 

well  as  they  were  Tbiri!    l        "PP^^'*^^  »» 
guide  to  the^Jke  Albano      '  T""''''"''  '"^'^ 

AibtuUr  brfo'n;"'';; "'«"  ^'"'  ^'-^  "^  *« 

not  hav^  heard  i/         1"^'  "^  '^""'  '''«'  »»>' 

of  the  famous  tLr,.)lI'l      ^         ^nef  account 

to  CliveTnd  David!  '     ''•""'  "^  '"'^'^  ""^-"je 

The  city  of  Veii  had  been  besieged  for  n£ 

years  without  success,  V  the  B.Zn„  T...i!! 


in  the  sLare  of  th    ''L'' "  ^'""  P™"?'^^  ««"""«<!. 

the^llTk??'  '     ''"'  "''"^  *"■  '•■«  "»*«"  of 
Altan  Lake  to  an  extraordinary  fceight,  with- 


\ 


\' 


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t 


278 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


DelDhi  .    ;  '"'.'^°' »  messenger  to  the  oracle  of 

books  in  Veii,  which  declared  t  ,at  VdrcouMT'"' 
perish  unless  the  waters  nf  tl,.  aiu      r  °^^®'' 

reach  the  sea.    NoUol  .ft  i*""  ^"'"^  '^""^^ 

retntned  from  DMm  ^^.  ^''"'*''*  "'«  mes8<jnKer 

from  the  or^le  if  t  J  ,  ''"^'''  """"^  ""  -'"^- 
Upon  this  ^1^.1'  ^rolfd  tr'  f^'' 
waters  of  the  lake  so  J  J?. .,  '''''"''  ""^  "-e 

Such  «n  unde  ^king  Z^J:  "fT  """ '"  "'« '^-• 
kind,  especially  in  a^^ag!  C  th  t  'iH  '  p"™" 
entered  upon  it,  and  worked  aV  it  •.'.^'"''"' 
traordinary  tenapitv    „"^°"'®<'  "»'  "  «"th  that  ex-. 

tinguishedtler   If  1 ""'""""''"''  "''^V^  dis. 

toroagh  Coit^i~Ts  'oVtr  r  r' 

possible  description     But  T  ^  '"""'^^«' 

the  excavation  rfothef  tor  '"""'  "^^  ''*''  ^^«° 
larger  than  this  and  in  ttT'"  """'^^^  '^' 
en,inently  the  Grotto  of  PosiliritT"^  "'^ 
tM  of  the  Cumasan  Sibyl  andaM  .^?''''  '"'<* 
complished.  The  peonle  oJv  •  u"^^  "  ""'  «•=■ 
WerefiUedwithaLr    !    V      "  ''^*'"'^  "''"*.  «nd 

Rome,withrh:hir^i„,t';grr  '^^^  ^^"*  *" 

to  some  other  terms  less  seyer!  fhan^r"" '"  '"""' 
of  the  city ;  but  they  werX^'t^d  Jr^  "'l^ 

™gtoihelegend,"co«id  onl/S^' th^TT^ 
By  aiwounoinir  to  tl,„  p f^o^'ort  themselves 


fcyawouncini  to'theB.     ^  "°""^'''  themselves 
Hu    ncmg  to  the  Romans  a  prophecy  in  the 


■>.jSfi3wi.'.\*-?-,.i  "'-''-t 


t*-  t.1i       ^   ifjA 


...  ,■  ^*. 


"■^fW*  ;r  "'■".*^"i:i 


;^     '• 


THE  ALBAN  LAKE. 


lans,  in  their 
the  oracle  of 
ns  messenger 
le  priest,  wfio' 
tain  pracular 
'  could  never 
Lake  should 
e  messeng^er 
5k  an  answer 
same  effect. 
Iraw  off  the 
V  to  the  sea. 
at  laborious 
the  Romans 
th  tha,t  ex-:» 
always  dis- 
ut  a  tunnel 
ihe  hardest 
e  had  seen 
issages  far 
mtry,  pre- 
aples,  and 
it  was  ac- 
of  it,  and 
re  sent  to 
?8  to  coniG 
surrender 
'd^sccor^'"^ 
emselves 
Jy  in  the 


279 


oracular  boj)ks  of  Veii,  to  the  effect  that,  if  this 
8i^ge  should  be  carried  through  to  the  capture  of 
the  city,  Rome  itself  should  be  taken  by  the  Gauls 
soon  after.     This  prophecy,  however,  had  no  effec 
whatever  upon  the  stern  resolution  of  the  Romans. 
The  subterranean  passage  tp  the  lake  was  also 
'    «"PPlemented  by  another,  which  led  to  the  citadel 
or   veil.    As  the.  time  approached  for  the  final 
assault,  the  Roman  Senate  invited  all  the  Roman 

fhZ    f /''."'^P'''  '''  ^^"^  P^?°^^««<J  them  a 
^^r.1      i.^'^'j-    ™^  P^^'"^^^  ^"duced  a  vast 
multitude,  old  and  young,  to  go  there.    The  time 
at  las    came.    The  water  of  the  Alban  Lake  was 
Kout  into  the  fields,  and  the  party  that  entered 
the  subterranean  passage  t^e  citadel  were  led 
by  Camin^^hile,  at  theme  time,  a  generai 
assault  was  made^on  the  walls  bv  the  rest  of  the 
army.    At  that  moment  tl^e  king.of  Veii  happened 
to  be  sacrificing  m  the  Temple  of  Juno,  which  was 
in  t*ie  citadel,  and  Camillus,  with  his  Romans,  were 
immediately  beneath,  close  enough  to  hear  what 
be  said.    It  happened  that  the  attendant  priest 
declared  that  whoever  should  bring  the  goddess 
her  shaare  of  the  victim  should  conquer.    Camillus 
heard  the  words,  and  at  once  they  burst  forth  upon 
the  astomshed  Veientans,  seized  upon  the  alter 
offered  the,  sacrifice,  and  thus  performed  what  hi.  j__ 
~W  declarer  to  be  the  conditions  of  victoiy. 
Afte^  this  they  held  the  ci^del,  and  sent  a  detach- 
ment  to  open,  the  gates  to  the  assaulting  army 


r,  u^fcv*,"'!!!'-''   .  "'i0. 


■^>'M*^«*>,-^ 


t^j^      s^«  #*ia*^A.^  ■. 


I     ^V^ 


\ 


280 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


miles  long,  six  feet  Kir^l,  *""' F^e«-    It  is  about  two 
Fide.       ^'  ^*  ^^^^'  ^°^  ^^'^^  and  a  hajf  feet 

To  this  place  the  ffuide  Ipri  n.  •  j      , 
entertained  them  oft  fei^'^^^-^'^.*'''' «''«.-<! 
"ts  origin,  >»hich  aocopH.Tl  ^^  account  of 

-Xx«»t),hioL  is  2en  abo'    '"  Tl'  P'''"''"''"-^  ""b 

?»pleasant  to  l,ear  TLl  tddT  '''  "  ""^  "»' 
«>  the  neighborhood  of  T„  >  ^^  °°^  "''<'  "™J 
J"-s  life  amW  the  fsc    *    ItTe  '"'.'^'  '"^-'' 

^;e^a  certain  degree  o^an^e:-;^rttrofd 

-sses.andg^sses.aldlrbriZrr'^r 
•t    Having  seen  it,  they  wars  Jf-  f7^  "°"°'' 

«o  80  back  to  the  hote^     Aft       '^"'^''"'^  ""•»«<» 

tte  gu.de  showed  theL'  wht^Ver:  "' ''■■^'»"''«' 

turmng  off  throng),  tlie  fi!ll      I   ."'"  *  P*"- 

Bbort  cut  back.    uL  1-    !?'  '^'"*  *"-'ned  a       - 

tn.«b.e,  and  he  Jnt  b^^'^"!^  ^'  "'■«  ^or  hi* 

^e.wenta,o„gthepatht:^t\:S-:^   . 


i0^'^'-J4^H^:f:--~  r;,  ;-r^ '  *  . 


sl^l 


v. 


'lie  legend*, 

riy  Boman 
h. 

the  chief 

about  two 

half  feet 

^Iive,ttnd 
icount  of 
lars  with 
th  of  .the 
was  not 
ho  Jived 
passed 
them  to 
the  old 

ningin 
'68,  and 
around 
turned 
stance, 
»  path 
ned  a    /"« 
■or  hi^ 
while 
ected 


THE  ^LO^/ELY  PATH. 


281 


CHAEaiER  XXV.       . 

Bay.  ^  The   Wild  BeasfsJ^?^  J^'''^''y^-^* 
great  Bore/  Latr ! -  What  is  Itf-A 

to  the  hotel,    went  down  a  slope  of  the 

hill  into  a  vallev  nnri  i  ^ 
'hill,  beyond  which  J^lXl  ^h^^''- --"d 
houses  visible,  for  th.  t^:iJ^mZZ 
h.ll  except,  of  course,  the  convert  thlhVom 
.t^mp,c„ous  position,  was  ncver'ont  o^'sST 
A«ey  descended  into  the  valley  thev  c!L  f        • 

smce  deserted..    It  was  two  stories  in  beiglft  b„f 
the  stones  were  high,  and  it  looked  as  tlfongh " 

^.4lmidf^w]mt4t^baat,een/^^3^         ^ 

"No  doubt,"  said  ChVe  «i/{«  ♦»,   ^V*^- 
med^val  cas^e.^^  '         '  ^^^  '"^'  ^^  ««°^« 


ir%'s:»  J/ , 


■J*.  J, 


^-  K^.-^^jjw^i^y^^-rw' 


282 


jlMONO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


^ 


'-'  It  ddes  not  have.rnuch  of  the  lo6k  of  a  castle  " 
"Why  not?"  -  '    ^  .       •     .'  ■    ; 

:  "  0,  why;  there  ate  no  architectural  features  in- 
-  it ;  no  battlaitients ;  it  has,  in  fact^  a.  ratiier  modern 
air."  .        . 

"Not  a  bit  ofit,"  said  Clive.     «^ee  those  oW 

stones  grown  over  with  moss  ;  and  look  at  the."  ivy.'' 

"Yes,  but  look  atr  the  windows.*   They  didn't 

^.  haVe  such  large  windows  in  castles,  you  know."  " 
•     "  Yes,  btft  these  windows  were  probably  made 
afterwards;     The  place  wa^  once  a  castle  ;  but  at 
length,  of  course  it  became  deserted,  and  began  to 

.  fall  to  ruins.  Then  somebody  fixed  it  up  for  a 
dweliing-house^^and  made  these  windows  in  the 
walls."  '        , 

"  Well,  that's  not  improbable."    ,  •     ^ 

"  Not  improbable  !    ^hy,  I'm  sure  it's  very  nat-  / 
ural.     Look  how  thick  th«  walls  are ! " 
"  They  do  seem  pretty  thick." 
J*  0,  they  are  real  castle  walls ;  there's  no  doubt 
^  at>Jl  about  that"  said  Clive,  in  a  positive  tone. 
"Why,  they  are  three  feet  thick,  at  lea&t.     And, 
_  you   see,  there   are  signs  of  an  additional  story 
I  having  been  above  it."  . 

"  Yes,  I  dare  say,"  said  David,  looking  up.  *'  The 
edges  there  look  ragged,  as  though  .eome  upper 
portion  has  been  knocked  oflF."  "  f 

„,"  And  J  daresay  it's^b^a^great  place  fotbrrs^"' 
ands,"  said  Clive.  /  ® 

"0,  bother  brigands/'  said 'David.    <'For  my 


Wi   ■^ 


%J. 


(  ■■'. 


A   FEUDAL   CASTLE. 


283 


-  part^  begin  to  think,  not  only  that  there  are  no 
brigands  now,  but  eveti  that 'there  never  havo 
Deeti  aQy  such  people  at  all."  . 

^  *'  Well,  I  won't  go  bo  far  as  that,"  said  Clive, 
"  but  r  certainly  begin  to  have  my  ^oiibts  about 
them."  ^ 

"  They're  all  humbugs,"  said  DavicT^ 

"  All  of  our  brigands  have  been  total  failures," 
said  Glive.  «  * 

"Yes*,"  said  David;  "they  all>turned  ©ut  to  be 

-  the  most  amiable  people  in  the  world*'   But  come; 

suppose  we  go  inside,  and  explore  this  old  ruin. 

It  may  be  something  famous.     I  wish  the  guide 

were  bere."  ^  -  •  - 

."  0,  well  look  at."'  it  first  all  over,  and  then  ask 
at  the  hotel."  '^  ', 

"Yes,  that's  the  way."    ■ -, 

"  But  have  we  time  ?  " 

"  0,  of  courso ;  it.  won't  take  us  five  minutesi*,! 

Upon  this  Clive  started  oft*  for  the  ruined  struc- 
ture, followed  by  David.  - 
,  Jt  was,  as  hasl5een  said,  two  stories  in  height. 
In  th©  lower  story  ifag  a  small,  narrow  d<5or\Yay. 
The  door  was  gone.  There  were  no  windows,  and 
it  was  quite  dark  ih.side.  ^it  was  about  twelvB 
'feet  wide,  and  fifteen  feet  long.'  At  oae  emi  were 
-Bome  piles  of^agotB  heaped  together.  The  height 
was  aT)out  fifteen  feet.  Befofe  them  they  saW  aT 
rude  ladder,  running  up  to  the  story  above.  Tts 
feet  rested  near  the  back  of  the  room.   There  was 


^- 


I 
I. 

/■  " 


* 


(> 


284 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


no^floor  to  the  house,  but  only  the  hard:packed 

■    ,Zt'''  ^"'^"^  'r"  -d  "-i<>.  looking 
"  Lef  s  go  into  the  upper  story,''  said  Clive 
10  this  proposal  David  assented  quite  readilv 
and  accord  nelv  thpv  h^n,       .    "  4"«e  readily ; 
:  towards  thoi^«t  ^r,         *°'"'"^'  »»<»  ™lked 

»pper  stl;  """"'""'  ''^^  "^'*  •»  «>« 

in  front  '*Tr  "^''*'  ^o"-  '''-«-«-  two  windows 

Mastered      I       ""'  "  """''  ^"^  ">«  ^'^'b  were 
plastered.    Fragments  of  straw  lav  abnnt   ;„. 

^J^  wonder  what  all  that  can  be  for,"  ajked 

"0,  no  doubt,"  said  Clive  « it's  snmA  ^f^u 
sive  wood-work  of  the  old  loe:»      '  °' *"'  "J'^C 

It;,  a  waste  of  Lber.'^     """'  ""  """'"  »'<»'•• 


MplWiliiii  iiiiiiiiliii  li  I       -^itMH^s.     >.,*if  i.  ^m.    ^  '  w        t^H  c  'l>  ^      £ayk 


A  BARONIAL  WINDMILL.  285 

"  0,  well,  you  know  you  mustn't  expect  the 
.same  ingenuity  in  an  Italian  builder  that  you  would 
-jn  an  American."  , 

"  I  don't  know  about  that.  Fhy  not?  Do  you 
mean  ^  say  that  the  Italians  are  inferior  to  the 
.  Amerft«sm  architecture?  Pooh,  man !  in  America 
there  18  no  architecture  at  all ;  while  here,  in  every 
little  town,  they  have  some  edifice  that  in  America 
would  be  considered  something  wonderful." 

«  0,  well,  you  know  they  are  very  clumsy  in 
practical  matters,  in  spite  of  their  artistic^uperi- 
ority  But  apart  from  .that.  I've  just  b^ri  think- 
ing  that  this  is  only  a  part  oPsome  large  castle, 
and  this  lumber  work  was,  perhaps,  once  the  main 
support  of  a  massive  roof.  So,  after  all,  it  would 
have  its  use." 

David  said   nothing  for  some  time.    He  was 
looking  earnestly  at  the  wood-work. 

"  I'll  tell  you  what  it  is,"  said  he,  at  last.     "  IVe 
got  It.     It  isn't  a  castle  at  all.     It's  a  windmill." 

A  windmill  I "  exclaimed  Clive,  ^contemptuous- 
ly.  What  nonsense  1  It's  an  old  tower -the 
Keep  of  some  mediaeval  castle." 

Mt^  a  windmill !  "  persisted.  David.  «  Look  at  . 
that  big  beam.  It's  round.  See  in  one  corner 
those  projecting  pieces.  They  were  once  part  of 
^^^^^  wheel.  Why,  of  course,  IfB^;- 
windmill  The  other  end  of  that  cross-beam  goes 
outside  for  the  fans  to  be  attached  to  it.  This  bijr 
cross-beam  was  the  shaft.    Of  course  that's  it."    ' 


i;^ijf4ii|bL»ji*>^«  li'iLi.lvt^  'W   M-C-^SsM 


AtlV    j1^S\     *-^ 


286 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


jas  unable  to  disprove  a  fact  of  which  the  evi- 
dences  were  now  so  plain,  but  he  strugried  lo 

rdrae«e';*'™^-''"«-P--^'%o^^^^^^ 

n«I7  » '"  ™.^  ■""'  "  '  '^'"•^  ^y  i'  ""y  have  been 
used  afterwards  for  a  windmill;  but  I  am  surtrt 

durvigthe  middle. ages.     Afterwards  it  besan  to 
go  to  r„.n;  and  then,  I  dare  say,  some  mill    fH" 

turret       rrT"  °^  *'"'  ■^''"P-  •'"^  t°™  off  thi 

wi  h  the  be  "r'!' ''"'  "^^^-^  "P  this  roof 

wfththe  beams,  and  thus  turned  it  into  a  wind- 

^idtugir"'"'"^^'""^^'''-"-'^- 

"  p.  then,"  said  he,  « in  that  case,  I've  eot  noth 
ing  to  say  about  it  at  all "  '  ^  '^e  got  noth- 

niircasl'  or''''  '""'"'''"' '""'"°«''» ■■■>  'he  baro. 
ma'  oasUe,  Chve  was  unable  to  prevent  an  expres- 

.e^on  of  disgust  from  being  discernible  on  Ws  fine 

^^^,  and  without  another  word,  he  turned  I  ^ 

David  followed  close  after  him 

of  If  l^dr?'-  ""'  "^°""  <'°  ""e  nearest  rung 
of  the_Jadder,  he  was  startled  hya  noiso  belm^     . 


itrmme  Iroin  IBe  pile  of  fegots,  and  was  of  th» 
most  extraordinary  cha^ctar^  Itwaaa  Iffi^^^ 


.!i  . 


♦^^ 


'•'•I'^li.'t' 


A  BARONIAL  WINDMILL. 


287 


scraping  growling,  snapping  noice ;  an  indescriba- 
We  medley  of  peculiar  sounds. 

Clive  instantly  drew  back  his  foot,  as  though  he 
had  trodden  on  a  snake. 

"What's  the  matter?"  cried  David,  in  amaze- 
ment. 

"  Didn't  you  hear  it  ?  " 
"Hear  what?" 

"  Why,  that  noise  I "    .. 

"Noise?" 

"Yes."  ,  • 

"What  noise?"  ^         - 

•Clive's  eyes  opened  wide,  and  he  said  in  a  low, 
agitated  whisper, —  ' 

"  Something's  down  there  I  " 

At  this  David's  face  turned  pale.    He  knelt 
down  at  the  opening,  and  bent  his  head  over 

The  sounds,  which  had  ceased  for  a  moment,  be- 
came  once,  more  audible.  There  ^as  a  quick,  beat- 
ing,  rustling,  rubbing  noise  among  the  fagots,  and 
he  could  occasionally  hear  the  rap  of  footfalls  on 
the  floor.  It  was  too  dark  to  see  anything,  for  the 
narrow  door  was  the  only  opening,  and  the  end  of 
the  chamber  where  the  fagots  lay  was  wrapped 
m  deep  gloom. 

Clive  knelt  down  too,  and  then  both  boys,  kneel- 
ing  there,  hatened  eagerly  and  intently  with 


tiieir  eaPK" 


^alL 


.,,<,, 


liati8it?"58kedClive. 
sure  I  don't  know,"  said  David,  gloomily. 


t 


I.- 


288; 


AMONG   THE  BRIGANDS. 


1  don  t  know,  I'm  sure,"  said  poor  David  tfbo  in 

spite  .f  h.s  recent  declaration  of  his  belief  that'aU 

brigands  were  humbugs,  felt  sometLing  like  h^  <iM 

■     tf«P>dat.on  at  dive's  suggestion.        ^"^"""'^ 

They  listened  a  little  longer 

a  Jin*  ^t*  r""^:"  '"■■  "  *™«'  »«'  f^n  began 
agam.  -This  time  ,t  was  much  louder  than  bef^e 

Th*e  was  the  same  rustling,  rubbing,  crackTne 

»^pp.ng  sound  made  by  something  amtg  he  feg! 

bW    th  !."■*  "*'  "  ^'""<''''  reiterated  Pub- 

e^aftWrr  r/^'P^^"""  "Of-,  whioh  sounded 
exactly  hke  that  which  a  dog  makes  when  shaking 
hunself  v,o  t,y  after  coming  out  of  the  3 
j^er  this  there  was  a  low,  deep  sound,  midwl^ 
between  a  yawn  and  a  growl;  then  all  wasT^l  ^ 
David  and  Clive  raised  themselves  softlyV  and 
looked  at  one  another.  .  ^' 

"Well?  "said  Clive. 
"Well?  "said  David. 
"I  don't  know,"  said  Clive. 
"I  don't  know,"  said  David.  Y"' 

"  What  sliall  we  do  ?  "  said  Clive 
David  shook  his  head.    Then,  leaking  down  the 
opening  once  more,  he  again  nused  hi?  eyeTand 
J5|;^anawfu,lo„konCUve,Ue^:in^ 


~^IP8  not  a  brigand  I " 
"No,"  said  CUve,  '■  I  don't  think  it  ie,  either." 


•H  , . 


o.'.» .'.  ,^,% 


%*> 


AT  BAY. 


289 


-me  dismal  tone  atbeZ"^^^"'  ^^  "^^  ^  '^- 
"Clivel"  «wre,— 

"Well?"  ^ 

"  It's  a  wild  heast !  " 

^^iye  looked  back  at  David  WifK 

pressed  equal  horror  an^      ^         ^  ®^^'  *^»*  ex- 
«  n««u         "orror,  and  said  not  a  word 

i>on't  you  think  so  ?  "  asked  n«..-I  - 

"Yes,"  said  Clive  ^^^^^^^»d. 

Then:  — 

"  How^can  w^  get  down  ?"  said  David. 

"Idon't'knowI-saidDavid'"^""'* 
do.  eaidpiive. 

-such  aoises  at-  """  ^"'"'  "'"«''«'J 

Snapping,         ^ja,  variations, 
crack  in  a- 


-1 


cracking, 

deep-breathing, 

scratching, 

sighing, 

yawning, 

growhng, 

grunting, 

sm    * " 


thumping, 

jerking, 

rattling, 


i — 


a 

tt 

u 

tt 

tt 

tt 

u 


do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 


tt 
tt 
tt 


^iio7 
do. 
do. 
do. 


— 1 — 

hi 

'•# 
"''it 


^m^^'^^^^'mimi 


,'' 


AMONG   THE   BRIGANDS. 

pushing;  with  variations.  > 


shding, 

shaking, 

jexking, 

twitcliing, 

groaning, 

pattering, 

i-olling, 

rubbing, 


« 


It 


tt 


It 


tt 


ti 


tt 


do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 


.  xf" 


together  with  .many  more  of  a  similar  character, 
all  of  which  went  to  indicate  to  the  minds  of  both 
ot  the  boys  the  presence  in  that  lower  chamber 
and  close  by  that  pile  of  fagots,  of  some  animal! 
ma  state  of  Wakefulness,  restfessness,  and,  as  they 
believed,  of  vigilant  watchfulness  and  ferbcity. 

"I  wonder  how  it  got  there,"  said  David.  "That 
ohve  grove  -  that's  it  -  0,  that's  it.  He  saw  U8 
come  in  here,  and  followed  us." 

"I  don't  know,"  said  Clive.  "He  may  have 
been  among  the  fagots  when  we  came  in,  and  our 
coming  has  waked  him."  » 

"  I  wonder  that  the  guide  didn't  warn  us." 

"  0,  he  never  thought,  I  suppose." 

"Noj  he  thought  we  would  keep  by  the  path 
and  go  straight  to  the  hotel." 

"  What  fools  we  were  1 " 

"  Well,  it  can't  be  helped  now." 

:!^  wonder  what  it  iV  aaid€4iTe,  after  another- 


anxious  pause. 
"A  wild  beast,"  said  David,  dismally. 


<lA!&ui$t^xitdffi^T^^^.a/<-t,', 


*u   4„"I->VU».  Ill 


->>' 


r 


THE  WILD  BEAST'S  LAIB. 


291 


It  may  be  a  wolf."  ' 

"  ^SI  thlTei  ,.t'?t;' '""  <"  «>-•" 

hear  what  a  noise  h«iT       '^  '^'"-    »»»'*  you 
feet?    A  wolf^  feet  ar^r^  'T^*™^'  ^''^^i^ 

^''r-'^hi„,eJr!Ceta''S-.^''»^^™'<' 
"Sometlimg  worse?" 
,"Yes."  ■  , 

"  What  can  be  worse  ?  " 
"  Why,  a  wild  boar.     Ih.1^  ;=  ♦!, 
fy  in  the  world  for  wild  b^a^  ",  ""*  «™'"?»'  """n- 

and  "det;  '''"'^^''  ^  '-^P-o-^  of  silence 

'^<''4'::c?bejL%fxr"r'^-<'f'He 

"  What  are  yon  trvfn  "^  j'  l^f - ""  '"«  """gl"- 

■•'  o..t  o'f  one  of'fhe  w^I:'  ''*'  '^'^''''"'^  P"' 
out  that  wa>-4:  j;",^:;:;  yo"  know,  and  get 

"I  don't  know,"  said  David.    «  w«  „,;  , '  . 

Ppon  this  both  boys  sei^.H  .i.    ,*\^.""g'"  try." 
*o  pull  it  rrorniZZ     B^'':'.''^Y''^Mea 
entirely  fn  vain     ■nTt^f^    *''^"'  **"•'«  '^ere      , 


'4 


.btiiJ  skllS»i^ii8fe.'<  ■ 


V       j»si<,»i    ii<,ft'-"?tj. 


292 


AMONO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


David  shook  his  head. 

"  ;t'8  nearly  twenty  feet  from  the  window  led^e  " 

oL«    f  \"k  ''"  ^'^^^^   '-'   of  us  might  brelk 
some  of  oiir  bones."  . 

u  V  '^V""*  "''  ""^^y  ^^'*'"  '^^^  Ci»ve. 

Us  no  use  trying,"  said  David ;  «  that  hnrr,M 
w.ld  boar  waked  up  when  we  enter;d  wf dtn^H    " 

gerous  m  the  extreme.     From  f  hio  r.T-«    ^u 


oked  out  for 
somehow  ?  " 


dow  ledge," 
light  break 


wild  boar 

t." 

rned  away. 

horror, 
it  horrible 
i  den.    He 
hing  ever 

the  most 
if  all  wild 
I  from  the 
'd  pouiice 
far  as  the 


»  despair, 
d  staring 
was  DOW 
Qied  dan- 
thej  saw 

tOIlM   nnf 

the  hill 
how  far 


A  GBEAT  BORE. 


293 


-    >»' would  approtTwari' ;t''''r''"^P»-«'- 
"  Well,"  iaid  ClFvr   .  Z      f  *''  ""'^  "<'"'''  '«"• 
,  it  W  firm  belief  ;:\  ^^y? J"''  <>"  ^nner,  and 
David  made  no  rep^  '*  °"  *«"'  *«>•"        , 

'ie  ""L^'f  "'''''^'^ -- '»  him.  ' 

Pirate" V; a  ':;a';  m 'd 7 "     ^'"'  ^«"'"^  <>- 

■«  q-ietlr  as/oa^Cand t:  ^  '7"  "">  "^^^^ 
"  Nf^  ^     ,^     ^-oiwie,  and  then  run  for  it  " 

"W^lKTo^V-ed  David,  :';ltl,: 
death,"  s'aH  cC'^   ^^  *"  ^"'^ ''«'«  "»<»  ^^-^e  to     ^ 

wait  a  little  longer"        '^'  '""^  /«»<»«*  »»-    Only 

^•u'Sirt 'r Jl  '■'"^ ''-''--  -". 

way.    Then  there  wl  .       •        "^'"  *'«'"'  half 
character  that  hTJd  „  ,rtrL"  ''^""""^'  " 
remarked  to  DaWd,  who  il  2  *    '^  l^'"' "■*     > 
watching  him  in  intense  ^.itvanf."  ^^  ''"^ 
to  come  h..,lf  ■  ,  "aiety,  and  begging  fiin. 


So  the  two  prisoners  wai^d. 


The/ 


,:»v. 


Z. 


^«t\4.v^' 


m^^^.f' 


7>:,..'ft',- 


294 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


V'   <■ 


CHAPTER  XXVI. 


Des^ir  of  Uncle  Moses.  —  Fran^  ami  Bob  endeavor  to 
offer  fonsolation.  —The  Search.  ~  The  Discovery  ah-the 
Convent.  —  The  Guide.  —  The  old  House.  —  The  Cap- 
tives. —  The  Alarm  given.  — Flight  of  Uncle  Moses  and 
his  Party. — Albans!  to  the  Rescue .'  — The  Deli-Verim 
Host/  .  ' 

^N  leaving  the  convent,  Frank  and  Bob  had 
hurried  back  to  Albano,  where  they  found 
dinner  ready,  and  Uncle  MoSes  waiting  for 
them  in  anxious  impatience.  This  anxious  im- 
patience was  not  by  any  means  diminished  wten 
he  saw  only  two  out  of  the  four  coming  back  to 
hi|»j~iior  was  it  alleviated  one  whit  when  they 
informed  him  that  David  and  Clive  had  gone  to 
see  some  subterranean  passage,  of  the  nature  or 
location  of  which  they  had  but  thevag^uest  possible 
conception.  His  first  "impulse  was  to  go  forth  at 
once  in  search  of  them,  and  bring  them  back  with 
him  by  main  force ;  and  it  was  only  with  extreme 
dfficulty  that  Frank  and  Bob  ^ssuaded  him  from 

«  Why,  they're  perfectly  safe  — as  safe  as  if  they 
were   here,"  "said  ^rank.     *«It  isn't  possible  for 


^^^Mi 


"■(»*> 


'  (1 


x^ 


DESPAIR   OP  UNCLE   M03ES. 


295 


anything  at  all  to  happen  to  them.     The  convenj/' 
guide  — a  monk  — is  with  them,  an(J  a  very  fide 
fellow  he  is,  toe.  'He  knows  alfabout  ti?e  country." 

"  0,  yes ;  but  these  monks  ain't  to  my  taste.  I 
I  don't  like  'em,"  said  Uncle  Moses.  1     ' 

"  It'll  take  them  an  hour  ftT^et  back  here  from  the 
place.  There's  no  use  for  you  to  try  to  go  there,  for 
you  don't  know  the  way ;  and  if  you  did  go,  why, 
they  might  come  back  and  find  you  gone,  and  then 
we'd  have  to  yait  for  you.  So,  you  see,  "the  best 
thing  to  do.  Uncle  Mos^Sj  is  for  us  all  to  set' quiet- 
ly down,  get  our  dinner,  and  wait  for  them  to 
come  back." 

The  numerous  frights  which  Uncle  Mosers;  had 
already  been  called  on  to  experience  about 'his 
precious  but  too  troublesome  charges  had  always 
turned  out  to  be  groundless ;  and  the  result  had 
invariably  been  a  happy  one ;  yet  this  did  not  at 
all  prevent  Uncle  Moses  from  feeling  as  anxious, 
as  worried,  and  as  unsettled,  on  this  occasion,  as  he 
had  ever  been  before.  He  sat  down  to  the  table, 
therefore,  because  Frank  urged  it,  an(l\  he  hardly 
knew  how  to  move  without  his  cooperation.  He 
said  nothing.  He  was  silenced,  but  not  convinced. 
He  ate  nothing.  He  merely  dallied  with  his  knife 
and  fork,  and  played  listlessly  with  the  viands  upon 
his  plate.    Frank  and  Bob  were  both  as  hungry  aa 


hunters,  and  for  some  time  had  noT  eyes  but  for 

their  food.    A*  last,  however,  they  saw  that  Uncle 

#Jlo8es  was  eating  nothing ;  whereupon  they  began 


) 


s?'-'ia*^,'«<«»jy 


t^' ' 


k!     -* 


*% 


0«  f " 


/^J 


296 


AMONG  THE   BRIGANDS. 


to  remonstrate  with  him,  and  tried  very 
to  induce  him  to  take  something.     Tn  ^n« 
Moses  was  beyond  the  reach  of  pe^sSjiil?''  His 
appe,tite  was  gone  with  his  »^an Aing^^s,  .and 
would  not  come  back  umil  tht:^j^d  come  also, 
Ihe  dmner  ended,  and  then  Uhcle  MCsdft  grew 
more   restless   than   ever,      He  walked  out,  and 
paced  the  street  up  and  down,  every  little  while 
commg  back  to  the  hotel,  and  looking  anxiously  in 
to  see  ^f  the  wanderers  had  returned.    Frank  and 
Bob  felt  sorry  that  he  should  feel  so  much  un- 
necessary  anxiety,  but  they  did  not  know  w«hat  to  ' 
j#^'or  to  say.     They  had  done  and  said  all  that 
■  thejr  po&sibly  could.    Uncle  Moses  refused  to  be 
comforted,  and   8«r  there  was   nothing  more  for- 
tnem  to  do. 

At  length  the   hour  passed  which  Erank  had 
allotted  as  the  time  of  their  absence,  and  still  they 
did  not  come.  :  Uncle  Moses  now  came,  and  stared 
at  them  witi,  a  disturbed  face  and  trembling  frame 
He  said  not  a  worJ|^«pituation  w^s  6|iQ.whicb; 
,%hi8  mmd,  rend^gH^  ""^^^^0^     ''  '"^ 
<*fh^'.  'T   0(^5^^  Moses,-   said    Frank;  ' 
^'they're  all. right.     What's  the  usa  of  imagining 
ftU^sopts  of  nonsense  ?    Suppose  they  are  delayed 
a  tew    mmutes    longer  — what  of    that?    They 
couldn't   reckon  upon   being  back  in  exactly  an 
^ur._The^uide  said,  '  about  an.  hour^ ..  You'lt-^ 
nave  to  make  some  allowance. "" 

Uncle  Moses  tried  to  wait  "longer,  and  succeeded 


5itf»'iij«pi'W;9 


-"tikJfciJtrt     I 


/ 


His 

)ys,  .and 
Q«  also* 
■So-  grew 
'ut,  and 
e  while 
ously  in 
ink  and 
ich  un- 
wSiat  to  * 
all  that 
I  to  be 
ore  for 

ik  had 
ill  they 
stared 
frame, 
which, 

P'rank  ; 
gining 
elayed 
They 
fely  an 
¥oa^it=^ 


eeded 


m. 


THE  SEARCH. 


.  mm 

297    ' 


in  controlling  himself  for  about  half  an  hour  m6re. 
Then  he  found  inaction  intolerable,  and"  insisted, 
on  Frank|nd  Bob  accoiapanying  him  on  a  search 
for  the  lo^  ones.  Frank  suggested  the  necessity 
of  going  to  the  convent  first,  and  geftiog  anothto 
guide.  /  He  left  word  at  the  hotel  where  they  had 
gone,  and  why,  so  that  David  -apd  Clive  might 
,  Mlow  them,  or  send  word ;  and  then  they  all  three  - 
.^et  forth  for  the  convent.  %  '  ''' 

On  reaching  the  place,  the  first  man  that  they 
saw  was  no  other  than  the  guide  himself.    At  this 
sight  even  Frank   was  amazed,  and  a  Ut^e   dis- 
turbed,    tie  asked  him  hurriedly  where  the  boys 
,  were.  ..•'•, 

^  "De  boys  f'' said  the  guide.    "  Haf  dey  not  com'e 
X^  de  hotel  ?  " 

"  No."  ;   ^^~    -^  . 

"But  I  did  leave  dem  on  de  road  to  go  back, 
and  dey  did  go.     Dey  must  be  back."  ..    . 

"But  they're  not  back.     And  I  wit  to  hunt 
them  up,"   said   Frank.     "  Where   was   the   road   - 
where  you  say  you  left  them  ?  "    . 

"  1  will  go  myself  and  show  you  de  ver  place," 
said  the  guide.  «  Do  not  fear.  Dere  can  Come  no 
harm.    It  is  not  jiossibilev" 

With  these  words  the  guide  set  forth  to  take  ' 
them  4o  the  place.     These  words  of  tl>g^  guide 


added,  if  possible,  to  the  deep  distress  and  disfnay 
of  Uncle  Moses.  He  was  only  conscious  now  tUat 
the  boys  were  without  any  guide  in  some  unknown. 


-«i'»Sfe^^^Lv=r    X 


*     s-  ^ 


KM 


1/ 


298 


■M4:' 


AMONG  TB^BRIGANDS. 


perhaps  dangerous  ptace.  If  ho  fearoj  wl.ile  he 
,B..pposed  that  they  had  a  g„ido,  his  I^M 
der^those  new  and  worse  circ„n.stances  were  Z 

f„M  "  k''\T  ""^  8uide  explained  all  about  it  fe 
told  about  the  tunnel,  about  the  path  which  he  had 
recommended  as  a  short  cut.  h!  declared  bat^t 
was  perfect!,  straight,  and  that  it  ^1  ^^  le 
for  any  one  to  get  lost  between  Albano  a^d  2 
pla  e  where  he  left  them.     There  was  no  place  1  e 

open_a  little  valley  — that  was  all. 

Kut  tins  gave  no  comfort  to  poor  Uncle  Moses 
He  wa  ked  along  looking  ten  years  older,  luhZ 
face  f„„  of, net.  At  length  the  gnide  ca^e  to  th. 
path  along  wh.cb  he  fid  sent  Batid  and  Clive^and 

where  he  had  seen  them  go 

"  We  haf  now,"  he  said,  "to  walk  to  de  hotel  at 
A  lano,  and  yon  sail  find  dey  did  come  back  nd 
will  be  dere  at  dis  moments."  ' 

"  What  a  joke  it  would  be,"  cried  Prank    "  if 
they  have  got  back,  and  have  started  off  after  us  I 

be  .eve  it.    They're  starving,  and  wiU  think  of 
nothing  but  their  dinners." 
But  poor  Uncle  Moses  refused  to  see  any  « joke  " 

At  length  thB,-  came  within  sight  of  the  house. 


J.jLL.t.  '^   V  ^e> 


"^^  \.^d 


1  vvliile  he 

fears  iin- 

3  were  far 

»ut  it.  He 
icli  he  had 
ed  that  it 
mpossible 
»  and  the 
place,  he 
vas  quite 

le  Moses, 
witli  his 
ne  to  th^ 
'live,  and 
direction 

hotel  at 
ack,  and    . 

ink,  "if 

fter  us  1 

I  don't 

bink  of 

"joke  " 


house. 


THE  SEARCH. 


299 


As  they  walked  on,  there  came  to  their  ears  a  Ion- 
shrdl  yen.     All  of  them  started.     At  first  they  dS 
notv^detect  the  source  of  the  sound. 
Then  it  was  repeated. 
"  Hallo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o ! " 

They  looked  all  around.     Frank  saw  two  figures    ^ 
one  at  each  window  of  the  old  house.  ./'' 

"  Hallo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o  I " 

The  cry  was  repeated.  It  came  from  thesfe  two 
figures.  Those  must  be  David  and  Cli/e  •  but 
how  in  the  name  of  wonder  had  they  got  ttlere,  and 
wh^t  were  they  doing?  But  he  said  jrot  a  word 
He  merely  pointed,  and  then  started  oFkt  a  full 
run,  followed  first  by  Bob,  then  by  the  gu^de,  and 
last  by  Uncle  Moses,  who  did  not  yet  comprehend 
why  Frank  was  running,  or  where. 

A  emart  run  of  only  a  few  minutes  brought  them  "^ 
to  the  place.  There  they  saw  David  at  one  win- 
^?5i  and  Clive  at  the  other.  Both  of  them  ap- 
peared to  be  tremendously  excited,  and  ^^e 
shouting  to  them  most  vociferously,  both  together 
m  an  utterly  cfonfused  and  unintelligible  manner' 
At  length  some  words  in  the  midst  of  their  out- 
cries  became  distinguishable. 

"Keep  back!  0,  keep  backl  The  wild  boarl 
The  wild  boar  I   Run  for  help!   Keep  back  I  You'Jl 

JPeigrn  to  p^ces^L^^Keep  back  !  ^Run  A>f  h^^ 

At  this  Uncle  Moses  shrank  back  in  spite  of  him- 
self,  and  the  guide  looked  much  disturbed ;  but 
±  rank  and  Bob  stubbornly  stood  their  ground 


.■^"^ 


\'4,^^Mi'':-  :■..  '. 


ik'  yA-i".'A'i^'<A '. 


^i&*^5^^^*^'H  '^V-iVi  J 


P5J  '.•  >•  -f  \r:' 


I 


300 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


"What  do  you  mean?"  cried  Frank     "Dnn'f 
t^ck^upsucharow.     What  wild  boaf?    ZZe 

"  Underneath  I  »  bawled  Clive 
"  ^®''  watching  ns,"  shouted  David 
;  ile  was   hid   in  there,  and  wg^  cam«  in       ^ 
waked  him     Wp  o-^f        V  Jlr  ™®  ^°  ^"^ 

us  out] »  ^'*  "P  here^^e  won't  let 

Bh^G^  '*  ^°"  ''  '^^^^^  -7  nearer,'' 

ig',^''^  "'  ^"^  ^°°"'"  --d  Clive  ;  «  we're  starv- 
"  J^eep  back  I  "  cried  Clive. 
^  do  cried  David, 

^o  and  get  help  I  '>  cried  Clive. 

«  n  ,  '^'''  ^'"^ed  David. 

Get  a  gun  I  "  cried  Clive. 

,,„  ,  ^^'  cried  David. 

Help  1 "  cried  Clive. 
do.       cried  David.  '        \ 

^  "  Take  care  I »  cried  Clive. 
^  do.  cried  David. 

He'lUear  you  to  pieces  I "  cried  Clive. 


"cfiedlKtVia. 


Etc.,  etc.,  etc.  I 

"Come  back,"  said  the  guide,  in  evident  anx. 


!J^' 


.,;..r^'f  y,Ji,-i 


THE  OLD  HOUSE 


301 


f.    "Don't 
?    Where 


ae  m  and 
won't  let 

^  nearer/' 

im  now," 

et  a  gun 

re  starv- 


iety.    "  Wq  are  too  near.    We  can  do  notin'     We 
mus  get  arm." 

tL:r!r'tk^r^^^---"^^--^^^^oar 

The   guide   said  nothing,  but  shook  his  head 
solemnly,  and  looked   unutterable  things.     Mean- 

lo 'nn^'f^r^  *'  retreat,  watching  the  small 
door  of  the  old  house,  and  the  rest  followed  him,  as 
they  thought  he  knew  better  what  ought  to  be 
done  than  they  did.    The  guide  took  up  that  line 
of  retreat  which  led  towards  Albano.and  as  he  did 
80  he  watched  the  door  of  the  house  with  evident 
anxiety,  as  though  fearful  of  seeing  at  any  moment, 
the   formidable  beast   bound  forth   to  rush  upon 
them.     But  at  length,  after  he  had  placed  a  con- 
siderable  distance  between,  himself  and  the  old 
house,  he  began  to  breathe  more  freely,  and  to 
think  about  what  ought  next  to  be  done 
.    "Do  you  think  it  really  is  a  wild  boar?/  asked 
J^rank  once  more  of  the  guide. 
"  Dey  did  say  dat  dey  did  see  him,"/^aid  he 
"Yes;  but  how  do  they  know/rhey  never 
saw  a  Wild  boar,"  objected  Fran]  "^ 

"Any  man  dat  sees  a  wild>5kr  will  know  him" 
said  the  guide.  >^  ' 

he'r?"'^''^'''*  kn6w  ^t>«rftherg    were  any  about 


y 


nu 


"About  here' 

"Yes;  80  ne^the  town,  and  public  roads.    I 
thought  that;^  animal  like  the  wild  boar  prefers 


:Vf*i;5fe'/i"^l#"i4.(W!-  - 


Vft^i^^'^^  it'Oi  *W.. 


^ 


'kswj 


302 


U.WV  :.,\ 


^KOm  THE  BRIGANDS. 


yoong-orsomraatinlikfdJ"  r"""^  '™«  d«>- 
wander,  an  if  day  happen  ,„''  ''"^  *='"  ''"■''''  ""d 
are  terrible."  '^'^      '°  """"^  "«"  a  villa,  dey 

.    dis."       '  "'^^'"-'^''J' wander  about  like 

;;BuUhe^li.e.„fa,„ff,, 

[-  dar„,rj:rd:x^»trn-not 

his  den."  "®  ^^^'®J^;  just  de  place  for 

"ffair  of  the  previous    Lt  ^V"'  '"*«"'^''-     The 

«■'  effect  on  hi.  Jnd    ifd  .       ^""''''^  "  P^'^^r- 

-■"'ng  to  allow  l..«,self  atnoV^"'"'"*^'^' •'"• 

«  belief  in  any  danger  tiZT         ^  ■"'^"''"d  ^"fo 

P'de  not  beheved^;      '  r  T  "^'-    "«"  «>o 

"  «o  strongly,  he  wou  d  have 7f '  ""^ '"'''''"  <>» 

a»"»al  in  the  house  was  sol!      '  "''""■»  "«"  'he 

8  goat -a  doK-aTvtl  °"'""'"P'*<'«one- 

boar.    Howevef  asitw     'f-  ™*'"'^  "'«»  «  wild 

to  believe  what  C  I'd    '   '  """^  """""S '««  but 

As  for  Uncle  Mosph  i.« 
«^'-n.    .The  bo,"r;  ':,7 --.^"He  hi„self 


with  a^rocZrw^Jd  bla  t  ;    ''  '^"^'^  ^^^^^ 

^^  beast  barring  the  wajr  to 


i4!y|l»i3*!5iru&*,.Ji  ..!:5#i>*  feto. 


r..;»ilr*j*V1f  -^X 


er  come  near 

"Dat  is  so. 
ey  Jose  der 
go  wild,  and 
'  a  villa,  dey 

here  ?  " 
about  like 


itain  —  not 
3  place  for 

',  although 
^iQt     Tiio 
I  a  power- 
Jj'igly  un- 
iiiled  into 
Had  the 
sisted  on 
that  the 
'e  one  — 
1  a  wild 
left  but 

himself 

house, 
w&y  to 


THE  CAPTIVES.  -  gQ^ 

liberty;  but  then  he  refleotpd  H.a*  *u-    r 

-iM  beast  could  not  J^ta;  „  L"'  ^tut"'- 

a  bear,  the  affair  would  l.nvo  k  ^  ^^^"^ 

onl^  way  of  delivering  ,I,o  boys,  wl  o    "  ,ld  n  / 
rescued  without  some  „K,re  formidable  1  1  'i^  ''" 
the,r  own  unassisted  strength.  """' 

In  a  short  time  they  were  Uol-  ;„  j.u 
-on  the  news  flow  ab'out    ,  «  toln     In       '  ""f 
ance  with  the  invariable  rule  tlost'orv  '^' 

Bderablv  eiihr,r„^   „         'uie,  the  story  was  con- 

hf^hly  re:p^;tab;:  dTmen^ri"    '"^   ^°"°'"-^ 

down  there  they  had  X covte  ''[he"  "Jrc  a'llt 

'*j'      inejnad  then  made  frood  thmV  ».^+      f 

/«^ng  their  slaughtered  viotigr^itfrW 
wnd  hoar  had  re(lurnedi»ith  th„  „■.  j  ™° 

-nting  their  yoZ'^y^^lZt^^T^ 
«.voa  chase  to  the  murderers.    These  , alt 'h:^ 


iS#^ 


i^^J^^iSiki^^s,\:,  Ur'>> 


304 


AMOlfG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


.  their  destruction      They  hid  alrelf?  ""  V''^'" 
week.    One  of  th»  „  '^^  ''^^°  *''«'-^  a 

Anton;     tLldetr,-     ^"'r'''^'^'  ^^o"'^^ 
Vision  ,i  nUr^L';:  ,rv"r,  ;;;o;' Ji^^s  in  a . 

Ws  in\o'clos'e  ^roxi^^ /fiTe d'n"'  ""  "'■"' 
desire  to  capture  thero?;^!™  "Se"'!"'  "^ 
that  was  eeneralJv  K^r       j     "^  -inestorv 

-e  briefly  dZS  asrir  r,."!^'-"  ""y 
-where  atenr midway le^^T"  r*^"" "^ 

^fioUon.andthetrnt^tctlttjIttdtr 


^'-t.  J.'»  ■  !>'..« 


j^     ^        L  ^    -A^iixht  St^^tii.\m^iiU.^ 


ucceeded  in 
J  in  climbing 
nimals  came 
just  vanish- 
had  leaped 
rtion  of  the 
Qj  in  sullen 
'k  up  their 
^  the  other 
,  and  effect 
>en  there  a 

from  the 
other  was 
')  Brother 
t  this  in  a 
surviving 

distance, 
now  come 
'^  the  un- 

ijectured 
tin.  The 
sited  uni- 
the  wild 
n  with  a 
'lie  story 
ich  may 
Mi  some^- 
Jtartling 
had  the 


THE  DELIVERING  HOST.  305 

effect  of  drawing  forth  the  population  of  Albano 

^^  the  whi  %^r^:zrL^ 

feo  they  now  marched  forth,— 
»  ■     Men  with  scythes.' 

'     hoes.  ,  \ 

'     rakes.  .^ 

'    shoveisi-  "  \ 

'    tongsi 

gridirons. 

brooms. 

bean-poles. 

carving-knives. 

umbrellas. 

stones. 

earthen  pans. 

bricks. 

charcoal. 

chairs. 

spits.   . 

bed-posts. 

crowbars. 


do. 

do. 

do. 
^   do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 


do. 
do. 
do. 
20 


^ugerss- 
spades, 
stakes, 
clubs. 


*li 


iii'&A'* 


'j.si»f!jiLS>l .,  ►.j>.,,t'^„4!i';«f 


,'^.  ^^^'i        '^S^^J^jA^^tA 


306 


<( 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 

^  Men  with  staves. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

.    do. 

■  ^     do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

do. 


u 


It 


tl 


II 


« 


(( 


u 


u 


u 


opera-glasses. 

sickles. 

colters. 

ploughshares. 

wheelbarrows. 

pitchforks.   -  . ,  \     - 

posts.  , 
beams, 
bolts, 
bars, 
hinges.  ' 

.pokers.  '' 

saucepans, 
mallets, 
hammers. 

saws.  \       , 

chisels, 
ropes, 
chains. 
.  gi'appling  irons, 

together  with  a  miscellaneous  collection  of  articles 
Bnatched  up  at  a  moment's  warning  by  an  excited 

Znl  wt'  "^"°'JT^°'  ^°d  children,  headed  hy 
Frank  who  wielded  triumphantly  an  old  fowlin^- 
pH.ce  loaded  with  a  double  charge,  that  couM  d'o 
no  damage  to  any  one  save  the  daring  individual 
that  might  venture  to  A\^nh^rzfs  it 


It 


u 


(t 


II 


tt 


u 


tl 


tt 


THE  CHASE  OP  THE  WfLD  BOAB. 


307 


^  - 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 


A  Salamander.  Smokmg  out  tkcMomta-.- 

BMA  poerosque  cano  1 

pie  "„"  ett'"'^'''^''^'^'  ^^^  -««ed  the  pec 

%  nearest,  wh;theTb!ff         .  **"  """P""  "".t 
ehanic,  or  implemlf    f  1'  f  ''"'  °'"  '"o'  »f  >>>e- 

-e  their  f"SrwenffLtT'7'*l"'''''^"'J»- 
the  Pell  De8troy;r  *°  ''°  ''**"«  ^g^-st 

""gfity  aeEverm.  hosTTn^t^?.  f^'"'  "P""  tho  7 


mieRty  aSEveriae  host  !„/  i.""^  "^''  "P""  ^e 
"Pon  their  heads  '         °''°'"«''  «"'  Weeeings 

How  the  sight  of  the  palUd  Viet.-™  Chared  the 


!&»*^'v\jH  f   *-  ''-k 


i.|^^^i4!!ilkM>ib'.'&'V^A//i<J 


M4i  iiJL^t^'■3Atlt  mt. 


■■i<'l 


308 


AMONG  THE  kBIOANDS. 


bold  deliverers,  and  drew  them  Wer  to  the  lair 
ot  th6  moi^ter. 

And  go  forth.  ";  *" 

Very  weU.  °  i| 

To  resume.  ^^I^j 

^^  stationed  at  the  Wjndw,  David  and  Clive  saw"" 
the,r  fnends  vanish  in^he  diVection  of  AlbZ  Z 

80  cheered  them,  that  ipspite  of  a  somewh^sl  p,J 

tte  tt  rr'il'''^''"^^  "P  well,  and  diversified 
.  the  time  betw^,  watchings  at  the  window,  and 
hstemngsat  thSiead  of  thNj«Jder.  From  the 
w,„dow  nothing  was  visible  for  a  long  time"  bnt 
from  the  head  of  the  ladder  there  came  upatil 
tervals  such  sounds  as  indicated  that  the  fier^ 

^^andl""  Tr  '"""^^^'  "'  ™*"«-'  -  t'n! 
gry,  and  as  vigilant  aa  ever. 

Then  came  up  to  their  listening  ears  the  same 
tones  of  a  more  pronouncedly  grunting  descrip. 

^  v;r; tnth^^^^^^^^  T"  ''''''  ''''  *^^'-«*  -- 
n  very  truth  a  wild  boar.    But  Clive  did  not  veii 

ect""flrT°'  °"  '•'  '^-^^°  --*--  ti? 

subject.    His  former  attempt  had  been  most  satis- 

r^K.^u   X«t*  °^-     I"  spite  of  thi,s,  however 

of  mint  ^i^^'""  ^  °^^-  J--^'"^  ^- 
ot  mmd.    Their  futlhie  began  4e^ 


fe^  hrighter, 
served  to  put  them 


b^t  "t.T''"'""'"  g'"'"^<"--  tbe  only  draw- 
,  back  t6  which  was  their  now  ravenous  hungeft 


„_   TJ- 


;  ift 


^' 


I 


'  to  the  lair 


Clive  saw 
ilbano,  and 
is  tliought 
3 what  pro- 
iiversified 
idow,  and 
From  the 
time  •  bijt 
up  at  in- 
the  fierce 
IS,  as  hun- 

the  same 

I  hoarsef 

descrip- 

•east  was 

not  ve^i 

tion   th 

ost  satis- 

attempt 

lowever, 

ill  frame 

mght&r, 


ut  them 
y  draw- 


~«. 


!    '^ 


THE  PBISONEBS  AT  THE  wmpow.       '       i^ 

The  deh'vering  host  drew  nieh   anr?  ii.        . 

the  guide     PrSfc  wCk  1,^^''  "'*'"■  ^^"^  ^''"■e 
with  a  phchf„rk^^^^M  °''' '■"''""^^^^^^^  '• 

to  do  waa  doubtful -W     *^T  ^*'^'' ™«  P>0PP8ed 
been  ^'^^^^^^^^^'^  ■'^- .   .: 

«rhf;:.°'"'™^"'='""^'"'"eh  to  speak. 
Xs  he  there  yet  ?  "  was  hw  fire*  / 

,,-"Tes,"  said  Clive.    ^"^ '"^  ^'^^  ^^■""fc- 

i  "  Wliere  ?  " 

cf%"ts>'^""'"'''^<''°""--.-'l-apae 


l>P.Mishi„g  his  weapon.     ,  "'"'^'  P™"^'^ 

r  ?' ".":    ^«  <=«°'t  do  anything." 
I  wuhyou  could,"  said  Prank. 


•IP 


wSTi^ili*    ifi- 


A^. 


:yr'' 


810 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


ir<'. 


"I  wish  we  could  too/'  said  David,  fervently. 

Upon  this  Frank  talked  with  the  guide.  The 
question  Was,  what  should  they  do  now  ?  The 
most  desirable  thing  was,  to  draw  the  wild  beast 
out  of  his  lair,  so  that  they  might  have  a  fair 
chance  with  him;  but,  unfortunately,  the  wild 
beast  utterly  refused  to  mpve  front  his  lain 

After  son^e  talk  with  his  guide,  Frank  suggested 
that  a  large  number  of  the  crowd  should  go  to  the 
TQar,  and  the  left  end  of  the  house,  and  strike  at 
it,  and  utter  appalling  cries,  so  as  to  frighten  the  * 
wild  boar  ^nd  drive  him  out.  This  proposal  the 
guide  ex{>Iained  to  the  crowd;  who  at  once  pro- 
ceeded with  the  very  greatest  alacrity  to-act  upon 
it.  Most  of  them  were  delighted  at  the  idea  of 
fighting  the  enemy  in  tha.t  fashion ;  and  so  it  hap- 
pened that  the  entire  crowd  took  .up  their  station 
in  a  dense  mass  at  the  re^^r  of  the  "building ;  and 
then  they  proceeded  to  beat  upon  t1ie  walls  of  the 
house,  to  shout,  to  yell,  and  to  utter  such  hideous 
sounds,  that  any  ordinary  animal  would  simply 
have'  gone  mad  with  fright,  and  died  on  the  spo|. 
But  this  animal  proved  to  be  no  ordinary  one  in 
this  tespect.  Either  h^  was  accustomed  to  strange 
noisesj,  or  else  he  had  such  nerves  of  sfeel,  that 
the  present  uproar  affected  him  no  more  than  the 
sighing  of  the  gentlest  summer  breeze ;  indeed, 
.David  and  Clfve^wef e  fer more  aflected,  IbTWtliF^ 
first  outbreak  of  that  tumultuous  uproar,  they 
actually  jumped  from  the  floor,  and  thought  that 


^/^■it&i', 


.?,.,. 


.*  -mtf- 


■«.'*••  .■-^-'•.■f^-f.'^ 


'r-^s'''  "'t'-z' 


THE  ALBAN   ABMT. 


311 


the  rickety   old  house  was  tumbling  about  their 
ears.  ^ 

During  this  proceeding,  Frank  stood  bravely  in 
front  of  the  door,  ahont  a  dozen  yards  oflF,  with  his 
rusty  fowling-piece  ;  and  close  beside  hira  stood 
Bob  with  his  pitchfork.  Uncle  Mosea  with  his 
scythe,  and  the  guide,  with  his  rope. 

"  He  doesn't  care  for  this  at  all,"  said  Frank,  in 
a  dejected  tone.  "  We  must  try  something  else. 
What  shall  we  do?" 

And  saying  this,  he  turned  oijce  more  and  talked 
with  the  guide. 

Meanwhile  David  and  Clive,  ^who  had  recovered 
their  equanimity,  rushed  to  the  opening,  and  began 
to  assist  their  friends  by  doing  what  they  could 
to  frighten  the  wild  boar.  '^ 

"  Shoo-o-o-o-o-o  I "  said  David[. 

"  Hs-s-s-s-s-s-s !  '*  said  Clive.  '' 

"  B6-P-0-0-0-0KM)  I ''  said  David. 
'  "  Grr-r-r-r-r-r  ! "  cried  Clive. 

But  the  wild  boar  did  not  move,  even  though 
^e  uproar  without  still  COB tinued.  -  | 

Then  Clive  went  down  the  ladder  a  little  dis- 
tance, far  enough  down  so  that  by  bending,  his 
head  was  below  the  upper  floor.  Then  he  took  his 
hat  and  hurled  it  with  all  his  might  and  main  at 
the  pile  of  fagpts. 


"Then  Be  w^nt  lip  again.  ~ 

But  the  wild  boar  did  not  move. 
Thereupon  David  went  down,  and  he  went  a 


4'»4V  >>'*^ 


':S-.m- 


f\ 


■  J*    -^  '    t  '  T  -/ 


K 


1         v'*  \ 


jrii 


AMONG  THE  BBI0AND3. 


little,  lower.  He  took  his  hat,  and  uttering  a  hide- 
0U8  yeU,  he  threw  it  with  aU  his  force  at  the 
fogots. 

But  even  this  failed  to  alarm  the  wild  boar.  Da- 
vid  stood  for  a  moment  aifter  this  bold  deed  and  lis- 
tened.  The  only  satisfaction  that  he  had  was, the 
sound  of  a  low,  comfortable  grunt,  that  seemed  to 
show  that  th^  present  situation  was  one  which  was 
rather  enjoyed  than  otherwise  by  this  formidable, 
this  indomitable',  this  invincible  beast. 

They  came  back  to  the  windows  in  despair,  and 
by  this  time  Frank  ha4  finished  his  discussion  with 
the  guide.  He  was  looking  up  anxiously  towards 
them. 

"Look  here,"  said  he;  "that  miserable  wild 
boar  won't  come  out.  The  guide  thinks  the  only 
way  to  get  at  him  is  to  smoke  him  out.  The  only 
trouble  is  about  you.  Will  the  smoke  bother  you, 
do  you  think?" 

« I  don't  know,"  said  Clive. 

"  '^        ou  stop  up  the  opening  ?  " 


«No, 


dows?" 


Can  you  keep  your  heads  out  of  the 


win- 


u 


Well  try.    But  I  wish  you'd  only  thought  of 

before 


1  wish  we  had,"  said  Frank,  thoughtfully. 
"But  never  mind,"  he  added,  cheerily,  "there's 
no  nae  gping  baci?  for  one,  because,  you  see,  we'll 


wmm. 


bringing  a  ladder,  so  as  to  get  us  out  first, 
smoking  him."  - ,  ' 


M 


^i^.  -i- 

f 

,                                  « 

WILD   UPROAR. 

3ia 

have  you  out  of  that  long  before  a  ladder  could 
be  brought  here,"  .  " 

It  was  only  by  yelling  at  the  top  of  their  voices 
that  they  were  able  to  make  themselves  heard  by 
one  another,  for  the  cro>^  behind  the  house  still 
kept  up  their  yells,  and  knockings,  and  thui^piugs, 
and  waited  to  hear  that  the'  wild  boar  had  fled. 
As  the  time  passed  without  any  such  news,  they 
were  only  stimulated  to  fresh  efforts,  and  howled 
more  fearfully  and  yelled  more  deafeningly. 

"There's  an  awful  waste  of  energy  and  power 
about  here,  somehow,"  said  Frank.    "  There  ought 
to  be  some  way  of  getting  at  that  wretched  beast, 
without  all  this  nonsense.    Here  we  are,  —  I  don't 
know  how  many  of  us,  but  the  whole  population 
of  a  town,  at  any  rate,  against  one,  —  and  what's 
worse,  ^we  don't  seem  to  make  any  impression." 
•   Meanwhile  the  guide  had  gone  off  among  the 
crowd,  tod  while  Frank  was  grumbling,  he  was 
busying  himself  among  them,  and  was  engaged  in 
carrying  out  a  very  brilliant  idea  that  had  just 
suggested  itself  to  him.    In  a  short  time  he  re- 
turned with  an  armful  of  something,  the  nature 
of  which  Frank  could  not  quite  make  out. 

*'  What  have  you  got  there  ?  "  he  asked.   "  What 
are  you  going  to  do?"  ., 

"  Poy~w«r^  handkercfaiefa"-  :— -^ 

"Handkerchiefs?"  ;  :,.' 

"  Yes ;  de  handkerchiefs  of  de  population  of  A1-. 
banc,    Dey  are  as  many  as  de  days  of  de  year." 


i- 


314 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


■■:*#■ 


^^  "I  should  think  80,"  cried  Frank,  in  amazement. 

"  But  what  are  you  going  to  do  with  them  ?  " 
"  Do  wit  dem  ?    I  am  going  to  make  a  smoke." 
"  A  smoke  ?     What  ?    Are  you  going  to  burn 

them  up  ?  "  . 

"Dere  is  notin  else  to  burn;  so  I  must  burn- 
what  I  can.     See,  I  make  a  bundle  of  dese.     1  set 
fire   to  dem.     Dey  burn  — dey   smoke  — and   de 
boar  smoke  out.    Aha!  he  suffocate  — he  expire 
'  — he  run  !  " 

"Well,  if  that  isn't  the  greatest  idea  I  ever 
heard  of  I  »  cried  Frank.  "  Handke^iefs  I  Why, 
you  must  have  hundreds  of  them  in  that  bundle."  ' 

The  guide  smiled,  and  made  no  answer,  It  was 
a  brilliant  idea.  It  was  all  his  own.  He  wks  proud 
of  it.  He  was  pleased  to  think  that  the  number  of 
them  was  equal  to  the  number  of  days  in  the  year. 
Three  hundred  and  sixty-five  handkerchiefs  cpl- 
lected  from  the  good,  the  virtuous,  the  self-sacri- 
ficmg  people  of  Albano,  who  were  now  yelling  and 
howling  as  before,  at  the  rear  of  the  house,  and 
diversifymg  the  uproar  by  loud  calls  and  inquiries 
about  the  wild  boar. 

The  guide  smiled  cheerily  over  the  handker- 
chiefs.  He  was  8o  proud  of  his  original  idea  1  He 
went  calmly  on,  forming  them  into  a  rough  bundle, 
domg^it  very  dexterously,  so  that  the  bundle  might 
J>*4tght  enough  ttrhotd  together,  yet  loose^nough^ 
to  burn.  Frank  watched  him  curiously.  So  did 
Bob.    So  did  Uncle  Moses.    So  did  CHve.    So  did 


.I'j'ji 


m. 


ttazenaent. 
n?" 
smoke." 
■  to  burn 

lUst  burn- 
)e.     I  set 
-  and   de 
e  expire 

I  I  ever 

I I  Why, 
mndle." 

It  was 
as  proud 
imberof 
;he  year, 
liefs  cpl- 
elf-sacri- 
ling  and 
ise,  and 
nquiries 

landker- 
Ba!  He 
bundle, 
e  might 


enough 
So  did 
So  did 


*■   — .-  ":,<r'""^ 


'y -■*^''-'      ''^   *.  ' 


FLAME. 


815 

David.     XJiree  hundr^,  an(i  sixty-five   handker- 
chiefs  I    Only  think  of  it  1    / 

-At  last  the  work  was  finish^.    The  handker- 
chief^ were  rolled  up  into  a  big  ball,  loose,  yet  cq- 
.    hesive,  with  ends  hanging  out  in  all  directions.  ' 

«  You  had  better  be  careful  what  you  do,"  said 
Clive.  «  The  end  of  the  chamber  below  is  full  of 
dry  fagots.  If  they  were  to  catch  fire,  what  would 
become  of  us  ?  " 

"0,  alia  right,"  said  the  g^ide.  "Nevare  fear. 
I  trow  him  so  he  sail  not  go  nearde  wood.  He 
make  no  flame,  only  de  smoke.    Nevare  fear." 

At  this  the  trepidation  which  these  preparations 
had  excited,  i^  the  minds  of  Clive  and  David,  de- 
parted,  and  they  watched  the  subsequent  proceed- 
d  inga  without  a  word. 

The  guide  now  took  the  bundle  which  he  had 
formed  out  of  the  handkerchiefs  of  the  population 
of  Albano,  and  holding  it  under  his  left  arm,  ho 
drew  forth  some  matches,  and  breaking  off  oue,  he 
struck  it  against  the  sole  of  his  boot.  It  kindled* 
Thereupon  lie  held  the  flame  to  the  bundle  of 
handkerchiefs.  The  flame  caught.  The  bundle 
blazed.  The  guide  held  it  for  some  time  till  the  . 
blaze  caught  at  one  after  another  of  the  projecting 
ends  of  tie  rolled  up  handkerchiefs,  and  the  flame 
had  eateii  its         •  ■     • 


way  mto  the  masBy^tod  theB^^eatu»>- 
ing  neare*  to  the  doorway,  he  advanced,  keeping  a 
little  on  o^e  side,  and  watching  for  an  opportunity  * 
to  throw  it\in.   Frank  followed  with  his  rusty  gun, 


Jit 


/ 


316 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


/  1 

Bobjith  his  pitchfork,  and  Uncle  M0868  with  his 
scythe:    All  were  ready,,either  for  attack  or  de- 
•fence,  and  aU  the  while  the  bellowing  pf  the  crowd 
^    OeJJind  the  house  went  on  uninterruptedly. 

The  guide  reached  at  length  a  point  about  ten 
feet  from  the  door.  Theti.1^  poised  himself  and 
took  aim.    Then  he  threw  th^  bul-ning  ball 

But  his  aim  was  bad.  The  ball  struck  the  'side 
of  the  doorway,  and  fell  outside.  In  an  instant 
1  Frank  rushed  forward,  and  seizing  it,  threw  it  in- 
side. It  fell  on  the  floor,  and  rolled  towards  the 
foot  of  the  ladder,  where  it  lay  blazing,  ^nd  smoul- 
dering,  and  sending  forth  smoke  enough  to  satisfy 
the  most  exacting  mind. 

Then  Prank  drew  back  a  little,  poising  his  gjn. 
whde  Bob,  Uncle  Moses,  and  tha  guide!  took^ip 
their  stations  beside  him. 

The  smoke  rose  up  bravely  frpm  the!  burning 
mass;  but  '^fter  all,  the  result  wa»,  uot  What  had 
been  desired.    It  rolled  up  thrbugt  the  opening 
above,  and  gathered  in  blue  masses  in^heVoom, 
where  Chve  and  David  were  imprisoned.    They 
lelt  the  effects  of  the  pungent  vaporf  verV  «uickly 
more  especially  in  their  eyes,  which  stilL  and 
smarted  and  emitted  torrents  of  tpars.   Their  only 
r^luge  from  this  new  evil  was  to  thrust  th^ir  heads 
fh/r^?"^"!' _*!'.!, ''^°^^^."  ^^  ^^'^  POBBible ;  and  this 


,^ey  xM  V^itting  on  the  window  ledge,  clinging 
to  the  waH^and  projecting  their  bodies  fai-  forward 
outside  of  the  hpuse.    For  a  time  they  were  bus- 


I'^TV"'' 


SMOKING  OUT, THE  MONSTER. 


317 


8  with  his 
ick  or  de- 
the  crowd 

abont  ten 
tDself  and 
,11. 

r  the 'side 
n  instant 
rew  it  in- 
i^ards  the 
id  smoul- 
to  satisfy 

his  gijn, 
tooktip 

burning 
'hat  had 
opening 
he  room, 
.    They 
ttickfy, 
g»  and 
leir  only 
ir  heads 
Eind  this 


tamed  by  the  hope  that  their  enemy  below  was 
feehng  it  worse  than  they  were/and  that  he  would 
Boon  relax  his  vigilant  watch  and  fly.  But  alas  I 
that  enemy  showed  no  signs  of  flight,  and  it  so^n 
became  evident  to  them  and  to  those  outside,  that  V 
all  the  smoke  went  to  the  upper  room,  to  oppress 
the  prisoners,  and  but  little  spread  through  the 
lower  room  ;  so  little,  indeed,  that  the  wild  boar 
did  not  feel  any  inconvenience  in  particular. 

"Can't  you  do  something?  »  ^sked  Clive,  implor- 
mgly.  \    ^ 

"We  can't  stand  this  much  longer,"  said  David 
despairingly,  with  streaming  eyes,  and   choking 
voice.  ° 

Their  words  sounded  faint  and  low  amidst  the 
jejlmg  of  the  crowd  behind  the  house,  who  still 
maintained  their  stations  there,  from  preference, 
and  kept  up  their.terrific  outcry.  Amid  the  yells  ■ 
there  came  occasional  anxious  inquiries  as  to  the 
success  of  their  efforts.  At  times  messengers 
would  venture  from  the  rear  to  the  front  to  recon. 
noitre.  These  messengers,  however,  were  only 
lew  m  number,  a^d  their  reconnoitring  was  of  the 
most  superficial  description  possible. 

The  latest  experiment  of  the  ^uide  was  the 
cause  of  more  freq^ent  and  more  urgent  inquiries. 
So  JPany„handkerc|iieis  hod  been  iavesied  in  thia 


-S?" 

f 


ilingmg 
forward 
)re  BUS' 


last  venture,  that  it  was  brought  nearer  home  than 
before.  Each  man  feltihatlie  was  concerned  peiv 
Bonully  in  the  affaii-;  that,  in  fapt,  he,  in  th^e  shape 


•'■Tw  ■ 


318 


AMONG  THE  BRIGANDS. 


of  a  representative  of  so  important  a  kind  as  his 
own  handkerchief,  was  already  inside,  and  assailing 
the .  obstinate  monster  with  a  more  terrible  arm 
than  any  which  had  yet  been  employed  -  smoke 
and.  fire.  \  7    ". 

But  the  clamor  of  the  crowd  had  not  so  much 
effect  on  the  little  band  in  froni^  as  the  sight  of 
poor  Clive  and  David,  who,  clinging  to  the  window 
with  their  feces  flushed,  and  their.eyes  red,  swot 
len  and  streaming  with  tears,  appeared  unable  to 
hold  dwi  much  longer. 

^  !!  ?n  something  or  other,  quick,"  cried  Clive. 
I II  have  to  jurtp  down,"  said  David. 

_  And  both  or  them  tried  to  push  themselves  far- 
ther  out,  while  thei^j^s  w^re  turned  down,  and 
they  seemed  anxiously  measuring  with  their  eyes 
the  distance  between  themselves  and  the  ground 


I"  > 


i 


id  as  bis 
assailing 
ible  arm 
—  smoke 

so  much 
sight  of 
window 
3d,  swot 
nable  to 

?Iive. 

Ives  far- 
wn,  and 
3ir  eyes 
round. 


THE  LAST  APPEAL. 


,J%-  ■<^' 


319 


•V 


CHAPTER  XXVIIL 


7^e  Salamander  inaccessible  to  Fire.  —  The  last  Appeal.  — 
Frank  takes  Action.  —  He  fires.  — Casualty  to  Frank 
and  Bob.  —  Onset  of  the  Monster.  —  Flight.  ~  Tremen- 
dous Sensation.  -^  The  Guide's  Story.  — Another  Legend 
ofAlbano.  —  On  to  Rome. 

p|OR  some  time  Frank  had  felt  an  intolerable 
impatience,  and   had   been  deliberating  in 
his  own  mind  about  the  best  way  of  ending 
a/cene  which  was  not  only  painful  to  the  poor 
.prisoners,  but  humiliating  to  himself.     In   spite, 
however,  of  the   immense  odds  in  vfavor  of  the 
attacking  party,  Frank  could  not  think  of  any  way 
of  making  those  odds  available  under  present  cir- 
cumstances,  when  the   last   plaintive  appeal  and 
the  desperate  proposal  of  CHve  and  David  came  to 
his  ears.  He  saw  that  they  were  suffering  tortures, 
from  the  smoke,, that  they  could  not  endure  it 
much' longer,  and  that  they  would  have  to  ma'ke  a 
descent  from  the  window.    To  prevent  thi«  ,^nd 


the  danger  that  might  result  from  it,  Frank 
solved  upon  immediate  action. 
So  he  grasped^his   rusty  fowling-piece  with 


re- 


a 


^. 


44  J.  ■ 


fe/ii.  ^Kk  ^  \ 


y;  •p-'_^-  i^^.-flF^.,-,-' 


■■'";v,':i'jf'si'^;^>'iM^ 


320 


AMONG   THE  BRIGANDS.  ' 


■fir 


ilc' 


deadly  purpose,  and  rushed  to  the  narrow  door-^ 
way  of  the  old  house.  Bob  followed  at  once  with 
his  pitchfork,  resolved  to  go  wherever  Frank  leid 
the  way,  and  to  stand  by  him  at  all  hazards.  The 
guide  stood  looking  on.  Uncle  Moses  also  stood 
still,  and  made  a.  feeble  attempt  to  order  the  two 
boys  back ;  but  his  words  were  neither  -heard  nor 
heeded.  At  this  David  and  Clive  stopped  in  their 
desperate  design,  and  looked  down  at  Frank  and 
Bob.  -  . 

Frank  stood  by  the  dootway.  , 

He  put  his  head  inside,  and  looked  all  around, 
cautiously,  yet  resolutely.  The  interior,  howeyer, 
was  always  .a  dark  place;  and  now  the  fumes  of 
blue  smoke  made  it  yet  darker.  But  though  jhis 
eyes  saw  nothing  of  the  fierce  beast,  his  ears  cottld 
detect  the  rustle  and  the  crackle  which  wfere  pro- 
duced by  the  motion  of  something  among  ,ihe 
xfegots.  This  noise  showed  him  plainly  where' it 
mlist  be.  -        ' 

Thereupon  he  hesitated  no  longer. 

He  raised  hip  rusty  fowling-piece  to  ms 
shoulder  I        ^^^ 

He^jtooic  deadly  aim  1 

He  fired ! 

Bangui 

The  flash  illumined  the  dark  interior,  and  t|ie 
smoke  from  the  gun  Jinited  with  the  smoke 


was  already  there.     But  simultaneous  with  the 
bang  and  the  "flash,  Frank  felt  hjmsell*  hurled  bac 


!      / 


%'■■ 


f 

CASUALTY  TO   PRANK  AND  BOB.  321 

ward   and  to  the  ground,  knocked  aown  by  the 
recoil  of  the  gun,  flat  on  his  back. 

Up  rushed  Bob,  full  of  the  deepest  anxiety. 

F.^nl  ^T  ^'  ^'  '"^"''"^  *^"  P'^^t'-^te  form  of 
Frank  there  was  a  hurried  clatter  fro^  within 
and  then -down  healso  went- head  first -over 
thl.  r;-^*^"^^^  down  by  some  rushing  figure 

th  ough   the    doorway,   and   was    now   careering 
wildly  over  the  fields.  »reering 

Uncle  Moses  saw  that  figure,  and  then  hurried 
up  to  his  two  prostrate  boys. 

David  and  Clive  from  their  stations  at  the  win- 
dowsawit,and  then  instantly  hurried  down  the 
ladder,  and  out  of  the  house,  where  they  stood 
panting  and  staring  wildly  at  vacancy. 

The  guide  saw  it,  and  as  he  saw  it  there  came 
over  his  ace  an  expression  of  an.  utterly  inde. 
Bcribable  kind.     He  clasped   his  hands   together 

th«  '^TuT^  '  ''''''  '^'  ^^^'-"^ations  for  which 
the  English  language,  or  indeed  any  other  Ian- 
guage  but  the  Italian,  can  afford  no  equivalent. 

vooTf^  .  "'V^'"'  '*"°^^°^  with  clasped  I^ands, 
vociferating  and  staring,  in  company  with  David 

8prun.rr'/'r  T\"^  fig-ef  Frank  liad 
sprung  to  his  feet,  and  soliad  Bob;  Uncle  Moses, 


~X 


tT' "!.'.";  *"  "*  "'*■» "'»»''  »««"■"&  with 

feohuga  that  defy  description,  at  the  ecene  before 


21 


»• 


-iK-4 


/  \  . 


/ 


322 


AMONG  THE  BRIGAND3. 


'■\ 


What  was  thia  scene  that  thus  held  their  gaze  ? 

Well,  in  the  first  place,  there  was  that  valley, 
already  so  familiar  to  David  and  Clive  —  a  smooth 
slope  on  either  side,  some  olive  trees  near,  but 
beyond  that  all  bare,  and  no  houses  visible  in  that 
direction.  Now,  over  this  open  space  there  was 
running  —  so  swift  and  so  stVaight  that  it  was 
evidently  iippelled  by  pain  or  panic  —  what  ? 

A  little  black  pig  I 

A  pig,  small,  as  has  just  been  said,  an  ordinary 
domestic  pig  —  of  no  particular  breed  —  the  com- 
monest-of  animals.  Moreover,  it  was  black.  It 
was  also,  undoubtedly,  as  has  just  been  remarked, 
either  suffering  from  some  of  the  shot  of  Frank's 
rusty  gun,  or  from  the  terror  that  might  have  been 
excited  by  its  report.  And  now  this  little  black 
pig  was  running  as  fast  as  its  absurd  little  legs 
could  carry  it  —  far  away  across  the  fields. 

«  O,  holy  saints  1  "j  cried  the  guide ;  «  it's  the 
little  black  pig,  that  w,edpis8ed  Rom  the  convent 
yesterday  morning  —  the  pig  —  tba  little  black 
pig — the  pig  —  the  pig  I  Is  it  possibly  ?  0,-i8 
it  possible?" 

Every  word  of  this  was  heard  by  the  tKiys. 
They  understood  it  all  now.  It  seemed  also  th^ 
the  little  black  pig,  having  accomplished  as  much 
mischief  as  any  single  pig  can  ever  hope  to  bring 
abottt,  was  evidently  making  the  best  xjfitrway  to 
its  home,  and  steering  straight  for  the  convent. 
Tj^a  they  eaw^  ^d  they  gazed  in  silence^  Nothing 


'  i  '."Si 


/ 


r  gaze? 
t  valley, 
i  smooth 
Bar,  but 
)  in  that 
lere  was 
it  was 
It? 

)rdinary 
the  com- 
ack.  It 
marked, 
Frank's 
ive  been 
le  black 
tie  legs 

it's  the 
convent 
e  black 
?    0,  is 


THE   guide's  story. 


323 


wa«  3aid,  for  nothing  could  be  .aid.     Tl.ey  could 
not  even  look  at  one   another.     David  and  ('1^^ 
were   of    course    the    most    cre.tJe    :  't^ 
others  had  equal  cause  for  humiliation.     liLm 

that  If  ,t  had  really  been  a  wild  boar,  Flank's  act 

tit  ,  r.li"''"  ""'  ^^"^  """J  ^  he  acted  u^der 
the  belief  tb^t  it  was  ao,  it  w«s  imdoubtedly'darin/ 

and  pl„ck/and  self-sacrificing ,  but;  .u^^^^^ 
he  conclus,on  of  the  affair  did  not  allow  himlo' 
look  upon  It  m  that  light 

matled  T''^  "•'  "'"'''  '^«'"'«'  '^^^  house 
maintained  their  ehouts  and  outcries.     Under  the 

circn^stances,  this  uproar  became  shocking^ 
absurd,  and  out  of  place  ;  so  the  guide  hastened  ^ 
p/t  an  end  to  it  On  the  whole,  he-thought  it  was 
±,7:""  "■"■'"  '°  '^"   '^^  •^"*''.  for  the  truth 

I  L  r  '"  *^^""'  "'*  ^"'^  P™P'«  of  AHia. 
90,  that  they  would,  undoubtedly^have  taken  ven- 

geance  on  the  strangers  for  such  a  disgrace  „  this.    ■ 

guide's  atory  became  an  idgalized  version.      '     I 
Itjas  so«,ething  to  the  following  effect:-    ' 
1^^!;^ »y;''' ■'o'Vhe  >>id,  had  been lam^^ 

beeh^^fraid  fo  come  forth  and  fece  so  mSny  I^  ' 


H 


■    ' '«  ; : 


r^^-^xi         . ,  —   "^"  ""  many  ene- 

I^the  guide)  had  therefore  determii^a 


fe^t-rs^.*"'"**"". 


,-'.» 


^.,. 


\ 


324 


AMONG   THE   BRIGANDS. 


to  tr}'  to  s^ioke  him  oilt,  and  had  borrowod  their 
handkerchiefs  for  that  pulrpose,  as  there  were  no 
other  combustibles  to  be  had.  Of  this  thejr  were 
already  aware.  He  had  tied  the^haridlTerchiefs 
togetheir "in  such  a  way  that  they  would  burn,  and 
after  setting  fire  to  them,  had  hurled  the  blazing 
tfiass  into  the  house.  There  it  emitted  its  sti- 
fling fumes  till  they  confused,  suffocated,  fright- 
ened, and  confounded  the  lurking  wild  boar.  Then, 
in  Jhe  midst  of  this,  the  heroic  youth,  armed  with 
his  gi:n,  rushed  forward  and  poured  the  deadly 
contents  of  his  piece  into  the'  body  of  the  beast. 
Tad  it  been  any  other  animal,  it  would  undoubted- 
ly^have  perished  ;  but  the  wild  boar  has  a  hide  like 
sheet  iron,  and  this  one  was  merely  irritated  by 
the  shot.  Still,  though  not  actually  wounded,  he 
was  enraged,  and  at  the  same  time  frightened.  In 
his  rage  and  fear  he  started  from  his  lurking-place ; 
he  bounded  lorth,  and  made  a  savage  attack  upon 
the  party  in  frbnt  of  the  house.  They  stood ifcheir 
ground  firmly  ahd  heroically,  and  beat  him  ofi"; 
whereupon,  in  desj^air,  he  turned  and  fled,  van- 
quished, to  his  lair  inN^e  Alban  tunnel.      -'» 

In  this  way  the  guide^  vivid  imagination  |aved 
the  travellers  from  the  Julw  of  the  Alban  peopleyr 
by  preventing  that  fury,  andWjplying  in  its' place 
self-complacency.     The  Alban  popple  felt  satisfied 


■W 


^^08  tttitt  with  this  siu^y^  They  au- 
cepted  it  as  undonbted  ;  they  toqk  it  to  their  homes 
jfld  tQ  theii^  j^^El^rts;  they  e^plargad,  a4orned,im- 


yi.- 


THE   guide's  story. 


-O 


325 


proved  and  lengthened  it  out,  until,  finally,  it 
assumed  the  amplest  proportion,  and  became  one 
ot  the  mosf  popular  leg^ends  of  the  place.  What 
18  still  more  wonderful,  this  very  guide,  who  had 
firs  created  it,  told  itsooftento  ptl^iesof  tonrS 
that  he  at  length  grew  to  believe  every  word  of  it 
himself;  and  the  fact  that  he  had  ^eeh  an  actor  in 
that  scene  never  failed  to  make  his  story  quite 
credible  to  his  hearers.  /  4  "« 

At  this  time,  however,  he  had  not  advanced  so 
tar,  and  he  was  able  to  toll  the  actual  facts  of  the 
case  to  the  boys  and  Uncle  Moses. 
Th«y  were  these :  — 

At  the  convent  they  kept  a  number  of^igs,  and 
on  the  previous  day,  early  in  the  morning,  they 
had  missed  the  very  animal  which  had  created  this 
extraordinary  scene.  He  had  escaped  in  some 
way  from  his  pen,  M  had  fled  for  parts  tihknown. 
They  had  searched  %^,  but  in  vain:  He  must 
have  wandered  to  this  old  house  at  the  first,  and 
^aken  up  bis  quarters  here  iintil  he  was  so  rudelv 

t^71  "^  r.  ^  **''^'    ^^  ^^^^«  ««"ld  ««ly  hope 
that  the  httle_J)Iack.pig  would  le^  a  lesson  from 

this  of  the  evils  of  running  away  from  home. 

To  all  this  the  boys  listened  without  toy  ihterert 

whate^r,  and  did  not  condescend  to  n&ke  any    * 

remarks.    The  guide. himself  benam.  ftjngnlnrlj 


-TfQIn-teresting  lu^tEiTr  eyes;  tod  the^g^  rid  of 
him  as  soon  as  possible,  paying  him  hberally,  hov- 
eyer,  for  the;  additional^  tpjuble  to  "which  ^hey  had 


.>« ,  jgi^k- 


«-" 


( 


326 


AlCOKO  THE  BRIGANDS. 


4 


kf 


put  him.  Uncle  Moses  also  had  some  words  of 
remoiistrance,  mingled  with  congratulation,  to  offer 
to  David  and  Clive ;  but  these  also  were  heard  in 
silence.  They  might  have  found  ample  excuse  for 
their  delay  in  this  ruined  house;  but  they  did  not 
feel  inclined  to  offer  any  excuses  whatever. 

The  fact  is,  this  reduction  of  the  great  wild 
^oar  to  the  very  insignificant  proportions  of  a  little 
black  pig  —  Commonplace,  paltry,  and  altogether 
contemptible —  was  too  much  for  their  sensitive 
natures.  It  had  placed  them  all  in  a  false  position. 
They  w«$re  not  cowards,  but  they  had  all  been 
alarmed  %  the  most  despicable  of  animais.  Frank 
feltyWfoundly  humiliated,  and  reflected,  with  a 
W^fupon  the  absurd  figure  that  he  had  made  of 
^imself  in  hesitating  so  long  before  such  an  ene- 
y,  and  then  advancing  upon  it  in  such  a  way. 
Bob's  feelings  were- very  similar.  But  it  was  for 
David  and  Clive  that  the  deepest  mortification 
was  reserved.  They  had  been  the  cause  of  it  all. 
It  was  their  vivid  imaginations  which  had  con- 
jured up  out  of  nothing  a  terrible  wild  beast, 
which  had'^ept  them  prisoner^  there  for  hours 
in  loneliness  and  hunger,  and  which  had  thrown 
ridicule  upon  the  population  of  Albano,  by  draw- 
ing them  fortli  to  do  battle  with  one  poor  Tittle 
harmless  runaway  pig. 


^ 


-il  they  walked  Backlo  the  hotel,  they  kept  fer^ 
in  the  rear  of  the  citizens  of  Albano;  and  Uncle 
Moses  began  to  "improre"  the  occasion,  and 
moralized  in  a  solemn  strain. 


^  t-> 


*'mf.'  '<•'■ 


UNCLE  MOSES  REMOXSTBATES.  327 

"  Wal,"  said  he,  "my  dear  boys,  I  must  say  that 
you  hev  one  and  all  the  greatest  talent  fbr  gittin' 
yourselves   into  trouble   that  I  ever  see.    Ever 
senco  we  landed  on  these  ilLfated  shores  you've 
ben  a-goin'  it,  and  a  dri  vin'  of  me  wild  with  anxiety 
and  the  only  thing  I  can  say  is,  that  thus  far  your 
misadventoors  hain't  turned  out  so  bad  as  I  have 
feared  m  each  individdool  case.     In   fact  thar's 
alius  ben  what  they  call  a  anticlimax  ;  that  is,  jest 
at  the  moment  when  thar'd  ought  to  be  a  te-rific 
di^ster,  thar's   ben   nothin'  but  some  trivial  or 
augherble  tummination.    Now,  I'm  free  to  confess, 
boys  that  thus  far  my  fears  hev  ben  gerroundlessi 
Im  free  to  say  that  thus  far  thar  hain't  ben  what 
we  can  conscuentiously  call  a  accident.     But  what 
of  that?    The  incidents  hev  all  ben  thar.    Every 
individdool  thing  that  can  make  a  accident  has  ben 
thar  — It's  ony^the  conclusion  that  has  somehow 
broke  down.     And  now  I  ask  you,  boys,  what  air 
we  gom'  to  do  about  it  ?    Is  this  to  go  on  forever  ? 
Ib  It  perrobable   that  advuss   circumstances   air 
gom'  to  alius  eventooate  thus?    I  don't  believe  it. 
The  pitcher  that  goes  often  to  the  fountain  is  broke 
at  last,  and  depend  upon  it,  if  yon  go  for  to  carry 
on  this  way,  and  thrust  yourselves  in  every  danger 
that  comes  in  your  way  —  somcthin'll  happen  — 
mind  I  tell  ^-"  "  ^^ 


This,  and  much  more  of  the  same  sort,  did  Uncle 
Moses  say ;  but  to  all  of  it  the  boys  paid  verylittle 
-    •i?*"*    ^^^  ^*''^'  *^®  ^''^J®^*  was  to  all  of  them 


'V 


■m 


M^ 


.t</ 


'  "  f      ' 


■  n7sa?2 


4^      -  ■■'"JiA-/s 


AMOffQ  THE\  BRIGANDS. 


BO  painful  a  one,  that  they  could  not  bear  to  have 
it  bi*ought  forward  even  as  the  text  of  a  Sermon. 
They  only  wanted  to  forget  all  about  it  as  soon  as 
possible,  and  let  it  sink  into  complete  oblivion. 

On  reaching  the  hotel  they  found  that  it  was 
quite  late ;  but  they  were  eager  to  go  on.  Albano, 
the  historic^  had  lostvjall  its  charms  for  them.  They 
did  not  wish  to  remain  a  moment  longer.  They 
could  not  hdpe  now  to  see  Rome  to  advantage,  lor 
the  daylight  would  be  over  long  before  they  could 
enter  the  city ;  still  they  were  determined  to  go  on 
to  Rome,  even  if  they  had  to  enter  it  after  dark. 
Accordingly,  the  carriage  was  made  ready  as  soon 
as  possible ;  Clive  and  David  procured  some  frag- 
ments of  jfood,  which  they  took  into  the  carriage 
with  them,  to  devour  on  their  way ;  and  thus  they 
left  Albano,  and  drove  on  to  Rome. 


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